FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 28, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX99
DAL101
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +2
Final
UTA83
SAS106
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +27; Q4 SAS +23
Final
SEA98
DEN112
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +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
On this day · 2005–06Dec 28, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs MEM), 45 points.
The lead · PHX @ DAL

Jason Terry scores 35, Dallas holds off Phoenix

Final: 101–99. Jason Terry added 3 rebounds and 8 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 Q3Final0+10+3+2+2DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2029272399
DAL30222623101
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 26, 18, 12, 22, 17, 15, 4, 35DAL35 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 23, 13, 20, 29, 6, 20, 23, 27DAL27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 30, 12, 25, 20, 28, 16, 12, 25PHX25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 18, 18, 16, 16, 10, 42, 9, 24PHX24 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Second story · SEA @ DEN

Denver leads Seattle wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 112–98. Best quarter: the first, 35–27. Allen Iverson led Denver with 44 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over PHX2DEN over SEA14SAS over UTA23Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg24.2Last 3

24.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 44

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 46, 31, 45, 37, 26, 25, 22, 28, 44DEN vs SEA · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 6, 26, 18, 12, 22, 17, 15, 4, 35DAL vs PHX · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 23, 13, 20, 29, 6, 20, 23, 27DAL vs PHX · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Damien WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 16, 8, 13, 7, 11, 5, 2, 26SEA @ DEN · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 30, 12, 25, 20, 28, 16, 12, 25PHX @ DAL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 18, 18, 16, 16, 10, 42, 9, 24PHX @ DAL · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 13 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
Gilbert ArenasWAS+6.6 37.1 last 10 · 30.5 season
Tony AllenBOS+5.9 14.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Matt BarnesGSW+5.5 15.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+5.1 22.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.0 25.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−3.4 11.0 last 10 · 14.4 season
Michael ReddMIL−3.2 24.7 last 10 · 27.9 season
Leandro BarbosaPHX−3.0 13.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Raja BellPHX−3.0 12.1 last 10 · 15.1 season