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Friday, January 12, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 115–113.

Final · OT
DAL115
IND113
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
MIL97
PHI110
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +13
Final
DET93
ATL99
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +6
Final
TOR95
BOS86
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +9
Final
CHA126
NYK110
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +16
Final
MIN116
MEM110
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +6
Final
WAS97
NOK104
Q1 NOK -8; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK +3; Q4 NOK +7
Final
SAC87
POR95
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +8
Final
HOU90
DEN86
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MIA118
GSW96
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +22
Final
ORL106
LAL109
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
Final · OT
UTA114
SEA122
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +8
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 12, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Zydrunas Ilgauskas (CLE @ LAL), 29 points.
The lead · DAL @ IND

Dirk Nowitzki scores 43 as Dallas beats Indiana

Dallas won 115–113. Dirk Nowitzki: 43 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-7+10+2DAL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL1727302912115
IND2625223010113
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43DAL43 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 21, 18, 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 30DAL30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 11, 25, 27, 20, 22, 10, 23, 26IND26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 13, 7, 17, 6, 2, 15, 16, 22IND22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 22.

DAL over IND2LAL over ORL3HOU over DEN4ATL over DET6MIN over MEM6NOK over WAS7POR over SAC8SEA over UTA8TOR over BOS9PHI over MIL13CHA over NYK16MIA over GSW22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 24.7 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 54

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 15, 27, 32, 11, 38, 25, 29, 54SEA vs UTA · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +29.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high54 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43DAL @ IND · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 10, 11, 23, 15, 27, 10, 13, 34ATL vs DET · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 26, 9, 19, 27, 15, 24, 29, 32UTA @ SEA · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 51, 22, 31, 27, 27, 22, 23, 32DET @ ATL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 35, 25, 21, 18, 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 30DAL @ IND · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jason KaponoMIA+6.9 16.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.9 15.4 last 10 · 8.5 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.5 18.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.3 7.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−4.7 5.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Sam CassellLAC−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season