FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 17, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 6 at halftime and won 115–103.

Final
NJN100
IND91
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +9
Final
POR90
BOS118
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +28
Final
MIN76
CLE92
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +16
Final
NYK100
MIA76
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +25; Q4 NYK +24
Final
WAS91
DET100
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +9
Final
DAL115
MEM103
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +12
Final
CHI83
SAS100
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +17
Final
TOR100
LAL107
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +7
Final
PHI94
PHX106
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +12
Final
UTA118
SEA109
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +9
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 17, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ MIN), 33 points.
The lead · DAL @ MEM

Dallas keeps rolling, beats Memphis

That is four in a row. Final: 115–103. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-6-3+12DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL28232440115
MEM28292125103
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 8 games: 21, 24, 26, 19, 35, 26, 31, 26DAL26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 8 games: 8, 2, 7, 7, 8, 8, 14, 22DAL22 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 8 games: 22, 15, 21, 7, 12, 10, 4, 26MEM26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Stromile SwiftPoints, last 5 games: 15, 9, 9, 15, 21MEM21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 7. Widest: Boston by 28.

LAL over TOR7NJN over IND9DET over WAS9UTA over SEA9DAL over MEM12PHX over PHI12CLE over MIN16SAS over CHI17NYK over MIA24BOS over POR28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 7 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 26, 35, 16, 34, 19, 38, 29, 32, 37CLE vs MIN · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 32, 18, 21, 26, 33, 22, 22, 32SEA vs UTA · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 7 games: 23, 15, 17, 32, 19, 21, 31LAL vs TOR · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 9 games: 29, 22, 23, 35, 30, 19, 21, 32, 29BOS vs POR · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 8 games: 25, 27, 30, 33, 34, 38, 15, 28NJN @ IND · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 18, 12, 8, 14, 14, 26, 27, 16, 27UTA @ SEA · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST