FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, June 11, 2006Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Finals · G2
MIA85
DAL99
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +24; Q4 DAL +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · NBA Finals · Game 2 · MIA @ DAL

Dallas takes Game 2, leads Miami 2–0

99–85 in Dallas. The NBA Finals series continues. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+16+24+14DAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1717242785
DAL1832321799
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 25, 30, 28, 11, 50, 24, 16, 26DAL26 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 16, 11, 7, 10, 16, 19, 13, 19DAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 25, 32, 35, 31, 23, 14, 28, 23MIA23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 17, 11, 11, 7, 10, 11, 17, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+4.6points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
17.1Reg. season avg21.7Last 3 playoff games

21.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 17.1 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 16 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Reg. season avg7.7Last 3 playoff games

7.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.5 in the regular season (62 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Reg. season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 26.8 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 26

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 25, 30, 28, 11, 50, 24, 16, 26DAL vs MIA · W
27.6 PPG playoffs to date · −1.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 25, 32, 35, 31, 23, 14, 28, 23MIA @ DAL · L
26.2 PPG playoffs to date · −3.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 17, 11, 11, 7, 10, 11, 17, 20MIA @ DAL · L
13.7 PPG playoffs to date · +6.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 16, 11, 7, 10, 16, 19, 13, 19DAL vs MIA · W
14.2 PPG playoffs to date · +5.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 15, 18, 19, 13, 14, 17, 32, 16DAL vs MIA · W
18.4 PPG playoffs to date · −2.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 6, 29, 22, 16, 23, 20, 10, 15DAL vs MIA · W
16.9 PPG playoffs to date · −2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST