FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 16, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 6 at halftime and won 109–96.

Final · OT
ORL78
NOK84
Q1 NOK +1; Q2 NOK +5; Q3 NOK +8; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK +6
Final
HOU96
DAL109
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +13
Final
CLE96
SEA101
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +5
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 16, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ CHI), 39 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki posts 30 and 10 as Dallas beats Houston

30 points and 10 rebounds in a 109–96 win. Tracy McGrady scored 45 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-6+2+13DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3023212296
DAL25222933109
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30DAL30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28DAL28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37, 45HOU45 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 18, 7, 19, 16, 23, 12, 17, 16HOU16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ SEA

Seattle upsets Cleveland

Seattle (14–25) beat Cleveland (23–13) 101–96. Ray Allen led Seattle with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over CLE5NOK over ORL6DAL over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg23.4Last 3

23.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg47.5Today

47 minutes today, against 30.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 45

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, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37, 45HOU @ DAL · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30DAL vs HOU · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 19, 32, 8, 19, 34, 34, 28, 30CLE @ SEA · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28DAL vs HOU · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jannero PargoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 7, 24, 16, 14, 3, 24, 19, 25NOK vs ORL · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 8, 27, 11, 16, 17, 4, 20, 24CLE @ SEA · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 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
Tracy McGradyHOU+8.1 30.8 last 10 · 22.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+7.8 16.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Matt CarrollCHA+7.1 17.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.7 21.3 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−7.5 17.3 last 10 · 24.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.8 6.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.1 8.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.3 19.1 last 10 · 23.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season