FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 7, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 9 after three quarters and won 101–98.

Final
WAS111
TOR116
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +5
Final · OT
HOU99
MIN103
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +4
Final
SAS110
MEM96
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +14
Final
BOS79
ORL87
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +8
Final
GSW105
PHX128
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +23
Final
MIA93
POR90
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA +3
Final
DAL98
LAL101
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -9; Q4 LAL +3
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 7, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ LAC), 50 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Lakers fight back late to top Dallas

Dallas led 77–68 after three. Lakers won the fourth 33–21 and the game 101–98. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-3-9+3LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2130262198
LAL27212033101
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 21, 16, 27, 58, 35, 42, 8, 26LAL26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Luke WaltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 4, 10, 10, 14, 11, 16, 18, 21LAL21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29DAL29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 27, 16, 15, 28, 21, 25, 16, 20DAL20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Suns rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Golden State by 23.

MIA over POR3LAL over DAL3MIN over HOU4TOR over WAS5ORL over BOS8SAS over MEM14PHX over GSW23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 34

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 23, 17, 12, 18, 6, 26, 25, 34SAS @ MEM · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 37, 41, 29, 27, 18, 40, 0, 33MIA @ POR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 54, 31, 39, 36, 19, 32, 35, 33WAS @ TOR · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 28, 19, 17, 31, 38, 31, 44, 31HOU @ MIN · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29DAL @ LAL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 26, 24, 10, 17, 32, 27, 25, 26MIN vs HOU · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 5 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+7.6 18.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+7.5 22.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Matt BarnesGSW+5.9 17.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.7 19.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.0 8.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.8 20.9 last 10 · 25.7 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM−4.1 9.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season