FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 4, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed IND by 5 after the first quarter and won 100–91.

Final
DET92
NOK68
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +26; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +24
Final
IND91
DAL100
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +9
Final · OT
LAL132
SAC128
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
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 · 2005–06Jan 4, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIL), 32 points.
The lead · IND @ DAL

Dallas extends win streak to 12

100–91 over Indiana. Record: 26–7. Josh Howard led Dallas with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 0 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 Q3Final0-5-2-1+9DAL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2423261891
DAL19262728100
Who led
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 15, 25, 27, 16, 15, 28, 21, 25DAL25 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 13, 9, 9, 13, 12, 16, 16, 24DAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 0, 7, 20, 12, 23, 16, 9, 24IND24 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 11, 31, 34, 16, 11, 25, 27, 20IND20 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Second story · LAL @ SAC

Lakers need overtime to survive Sacramento

Tied 117–117 after regulation. Lakers won the final period 15–11 for a 132–128 win. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 42 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs SAC
Kobe Bryant · LALMike Bibby · SACPTS4238REB107AST96Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.4Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 22.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg34.7Today

35 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 53, 45, 19, 24, 21, 16, 27, 58, 35, 42LAL @ SAC · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 10, 11, 7, 21, 26, 21, 19, 38SAC vs LAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 24, 11, 16, 21, 51, 22, 31, 27DET @ NOK · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Brian CookPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 6, 11, 11, 4, 9, 9, 4, 26LAL @ SAC · W
6.9 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 15, 25, 27, 16, 15, 28, 21, 25DAL vs IND · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 0, 7, 20, 12, 23, 16, 9, 24IND @ DAL · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 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+8.2 18.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mike MillerMEM+6.9 23.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.7 18.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.4 19.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+6.1 20.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 20.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−4.2 9.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Zach RandolphPOR−3.4 20.6 last 10 · 24.0 season