FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 5, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAS by 11 at halftime and won 90–85.

Final
CHA74
ORL106
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +32
Final
ATL92
TOR105
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +13
Final
LAC105
WAS116
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +11
Final
CHI86
NJN91
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN -2; Q4 NJN +5
Final
BOS128
MEM119
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +9
Final · OT
PHI102
MIN104
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +2
Final
DAL90
SAS85
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -11; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +5
Final
UTA86
HOU100
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +14
Final
CLE95
MIL86
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +9
Final
DEN104
LAL123
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +19
Final
MIA80
PHX108
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +28
Final
NYK111
SEA93
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +23; Q4 NYK +18
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 5, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ CLE), 34 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAS

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 36 in Dallas win over San Antonio

Dallas won 90–85.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-11-3+5DAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2119262490
SAS2922181685
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36DAL36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 25, 27, 16, 15, 28, 21, 25, 16DAL16 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 12, 23, 17, 12, 18, 6, 26, 25SAS25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 14, 11, 25, 20, 17, 18, 24, 18SAS18 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAC @ WAS

Washington climbs out of a 10-point hole against Clippers

Down 10 after one, the Wizards won the second quarter 37–18 and the game 116–105. Gilbert Arenas led Washington with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 12 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs LAC
Gilbert Arenas · WASElton Brand · LACPTS3529REB712AST122Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 23, 28, 19, 17, 31, 38, 31, 44HOU vs UTA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36DAL @ SAS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 60, 23, 30, 54, 31, 39, 36, 19, 32, 35WAS vs LAC · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 6, 14, 12, 14, 8, 10, 13, 31CLE @ MIL · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 16, 21, 25, 22, 32, 15, 28, 29LAC @ WAS · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 19, 5, 41, 14, 14, 17, 17, 28NYK @ SEA · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Mike MillerMEM+7.1 24.0 last 10 · 16.9 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+7.0 21.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tony AllenBOS+6.9 17.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.7 18.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.0 8.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.8 20.9 last 10 · 25.7 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.2 21.0 last 10 · 25.2 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.2 12.8 last 10 · 17.0 season