FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 9, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed NOK by 1 after the first quarter and won 121–116.

Final
CHI94
CLE113
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +19
Final
NOK116
GSW121
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +5
Final
DAL119
PHX112
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +7
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 · 2005–06Nov 9, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Elton Brand (LAC @ WAS), 31 points.
The lead · NOK @ GSW

Baron Davis goes for 36 in Golden State win over New Orleans/Oklahoma City

Golden State won 121–116.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+1+9+5GSW AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK35222633116
GSW34243429121
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 6 games: 18, 17, 2, 26, 22, 36GSW36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 6 games: 22, 15, 10, 16, 17, 21GSW21 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 5 games: 20, 16, 12, 22, 34NOK34 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
David WestPoints, last 5 games: 18, 20, 22, 16, 21NOK21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ PHX

Dallas leads Phoenix wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 119–112. Best quarter: the first, 34–26. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over NOK5DAL over PHX7CLE over CHI19Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 2 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
27.52005–06 avg15.5Last 2

15.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.5 in 2005–06 (72 games). Today: 9 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 36

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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 6 games: 18, 17, 2, 26, 22, 36GSW vs NOK · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 5 games: 21, 24, 26, 19, 35DAL @ PHX · W
25.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 5 games: 20, 16, 12, 22, 34NOK @ GSW · L
20.8 PPG season to date
Career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 5 games: 14, 1, 15, 23, 30DAL @ PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 6 games: 30, 11, 22, 13, 16, 30PHX vs DAL · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 5 games: 9, 8, 6, 12, 23DAL @ PHX · W
11.6 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST