FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 25, 2006Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed TOR by 17 after three quarters and won 115–113.

Final · OT
TOR113
DAL115
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -16; Q3 DAL -17; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
MIL99
ATL89
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +10
Final
NYK89
WAS110
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +26; Q3 WAS +27; Q4 WAS +21
Final
SEA106
MIA115
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +9
Final
CHI102
PHI108
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +6
Final
GSW75
SAS92
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +17
Final
CHA121
PHX136
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +15
Final
NOK100
UTA95
Q1 NOK +3; Q2 NOK +5; Q3 NOK +10; Q4 NOK +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2004–05Feb 25, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ CHI), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 105–105 after regulation. Final: 115–113.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-16-170+2DAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR323524148113
DAL2229233110115
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 26, 27, 19, 21, 25, 17, 31, 32DAL32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 10, 16, 16, 15, 19, 9, 23, 27DAL27 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 29, 30, 16, 14, 8, 25, 26, 29TOR29 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 20, 36, 18, 19, 27, 22, 16, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Washington by 21.

DAL over TOR2NOK over UTA5PHI over CHI6MIA over SEA9MIL over ATL10PHX over CHA15SAS over GSW17WAS over NYK21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 46

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 45, 32, 27, 43, 12, 34, 26, 46WAS vs NYK · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 34, 32, 20, 33, 42, 18, 29, 30, 38PHI vs CHI · W
33.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 26, 27, 19, 21, 25, 17, 31, 32DAL vs TOR · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 26, 14, 21, 18, 21, 16, 44, 31PHX vs CHA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 24 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 11, 21, 23, 31, 25, 7, 15, 31MIA vs SEA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 24, 15, 14, 16, 8, 14, 10, 31CHA @ PHX · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+7.0 16.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.8 16.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Paul PierceBOS+6.3 32.9 last 10 · 26.6 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.2 22.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.2 5.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mark BlountMIN−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.1 20.1 last 10 · 25.2 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Marko JaricMIN−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season