FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 7, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 91–79.

Final
NJN87
ATL85
Q1 NJN -8; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +2
Final
LAC77
CLE94
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +17
Final
SEA103
IND102
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA -7; Q4 SEA +1
Final
CHA83
PHI92
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +9
Final
ORL103
TOR113
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +10
Final
SAS110
WAS83
Q1 SAS +17; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +27
Final
MIA91
BOS79
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +12
Final
GSW93
MIN121
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +18; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +28
Final
MEM97
DAL113
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +24; Q4 DAL +16
Final · OT
NOK114
DEN112
Q1 NOK -9; Q2 NOK -5; Q3 NOK -3; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK +2
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 · 2005–06Feb 7, 2006: 4 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL vs DET), 29 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Dwyane Wade scores 30 in Miami win over Boston

Final: 91–79. Dwyane Wade added 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+4+12+12MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1727262191
BOS2713182179
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 32, 37, 24, 28, 41, 32, 27, 30MIA30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Jason KaponoPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 18, 11, 16, 15, 13, 28, 13, 19MIA19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 4, 12, 20, 13, 23, 16, 19, 15BOS15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 26, 15, 9, 8, 5, 13, 10, 14BOS14 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Golden State by 28.

SEA over IND1NJN over ATL2NOK over DEN2PHI over CHA9TOR over ORL10MIA over BOS12DAL over MEM16CLE over LAC17SAS over WAS27MIN over GSW28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 41

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 20, 35, 26, 26, 34, 24, 27, 41TOR vs ORL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 22, 33, 28, 32, 15, 26, 18, 38DAL vs MEM · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 44, 36, 15, 35, 36, 29, 29, 33SEA @ IND · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 1, 18, 15, 19, 15, 6, 19, 15, 21, 32ORL @ TOR · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 32, 37, 24, 28, 41, 32, 27, 30MIA @ BOS · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 23, 17, 24, 34, 13, 30, 30, 29MEM @ DAL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Tracy McGradyHOU+7.5 31.5 last 10 · 24.0 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.9 22.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.0 23.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jose CalderonTOR+5.5 14.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andres NocioniCHI−3.7 11.3 last 10 · 15.0 season
Lamar OdomLAL−3.7 13.3 last 10 · 17.0 season