FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 18, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAL by 2 after the first quarter and won 114–95.

Final
IND101
MIA104
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +3
Final
LAL95
DAL114
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +19
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 18, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs NJN), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ DAL

Dallas makes it six straight

Dallas beat Lakers 114–95 and moved to 33–8. Josh Howard led Dallas with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+12+23+19DAL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2820242395
DAL26343519114
Who led
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28, 29DAL29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30, 27DAL27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 8, 26, 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26LAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jordan FarmarPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 9, 2, 12, 11, 9, 5, 5, 17LAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · IND @ MIA

Miami leads Indiana wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 104–101. Best quarter: the second, 32–27. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs IND
Dwyane Wade · MIADanny Granger · INDPTS3328REB65AST81Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 33

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 40, 0, 33, 29, 22, 32, 35, 33MIA vs IND · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28, 29DAL vs LAL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 17, 6, 2, 15, 16, 22, 6, 28IND @ MIA · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30, 27DAL vs LAL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 8, 26, 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26LAL @ DAL · L
28.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 10, 0, 2, 0, 8, 7, 23IND @ MIA · L
5.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 2 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
Tracy McGradyHOU+8.1 30.8 last 10 · 22.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.2 21.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Matt CarrollCHA+7.0 17.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Mike MillerMEM+7.0 24.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.0 19.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.1 8.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Troy MurphyGSW−3.6 5.3 last 10 · 8.9 season