FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 31, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed DEN by 6 at halftime and won 89–85.

Final
NYK80
LAC90
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +10
Final
ATL81
SAS95
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +14
Final
PHX108
DET101
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +7
Final
MEM109
HOU111
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +2
Final
DAL89
DEN85
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +4
Final
PHI94
LAL104
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +10
Final
BOS95
SEA101
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +6
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 31, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ UTA), 37 points.
The lead · DAL @ DEN

Dallas makes it ten straight

Dallas beat Denver 89–85 and moved to 24–7. Josh Howard led Dallas with 28 points, 17 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6-6+4DAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2024192689
DEN2426191685
Who led
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 23, 28, 15, 25, 27, 16, 15, 28DAL28 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 12, 22, 17, 15, 4, 35, 25, 21DAL21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 37, 26, 25, 22, 28, 44, 21, 28DEN28 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 14, 12, 29, 25, 28, 24, 26, 20DEN20 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ HOU

Houston holds off Memphis, 111–109

Houston led 84–74 after three and held on to win by two. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 38 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over MEM2DAL over DEN4SEA over BOS6PHX over DET7LAC over NYK10LAL over PHI10SAS over ATL14Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over MEM.
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
14.0Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 31 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 38

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 31, 14, 23, 28, 19, 17, 31, 38HOU vs MEM · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 16, 16, 10, 42, 9, 24, 20, 35PHX @ DET · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 53, 45, 19, 24, 21, 16, 27, 58, 35LAL vs PHI · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 19, 24, 18, 16, 21, 25, 22, 32LAC vs NYK · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 29, 22, 18, 28, 9, 18, 27, 32MEM @ HOU · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 25, 20, 28, 16, 12, 25, 11, 31PHX @ DET · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 13 REB · 0 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.0 16.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+6.6 20.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Caron ButlerWAS+5.4 25.9 last 10 · 20.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+5.3 15.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 20.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.3 22.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
Metta World PeaceSAC−3.3 11.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.3 13.6 last 10 · 16.9 season