FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 14, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed TOR by 11 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final
DAL97
TOR96
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -11; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +1
Final
DEN109
POR93
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +16
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 14, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ PHX), 46 points.
The lead · DAL @ TOR

Dirk Nowitzki scores 38 as Dallas wins in Toronto

Final: 97–96. Dirk Nowitzki made 14 of 30 shots from the field.

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 Q3Final0-10-11-6+1DAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2226232697
TOR3227181996
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38DAL38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 18, 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 30, 17DAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 26, 21, 24, 12, 30, 27, 24TOR24 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 24, 28, 20, 20, 0, 15, 19, 16TOR16 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · DEN @ POR

Denver beats Portland, 109–93

Denver led 90–73 after three and won by 16. Allen Iverson led Denver with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs POR
Allen Iverson · DENSergio Rodriguez · PORPTS3223REB34AST910Top 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
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.9Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 3.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38DAL @ TOR · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 44, 21, 28, 30, 16, 22, 23, 33, 28, 32DEN @ POR · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 0, 7, 6, 5, 11, 10, 13, 25DEN @ POR · W
4.5 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 26, 21, 24, 12, 30, 27, 24TOR vs DAL · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Sergio RodriguezPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 0, 6, 3, 0, 2, 0, 6, 23POR vs DEN · L
3.0 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 18, 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 30, 17DAL @ TOR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 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
Juwan HowardHOU+7.6 16.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Earl BoykinsMIL+6.1 21.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.5 18.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.7 6.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.3 19.1 last 10 · 23.4 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.2 20.8 last 10 · 25.0 season