FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 13, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIL by 13 at halftime and won 99–93.

Final
POR85
MIA104
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +19
Final
SAS107
NJN82
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +25
Final
NOK104
MEM108
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -6; Q4 MEM +4
Final
DAL99
MIL93
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -13; Q3 DAL -11; Q4 DAL +6
Final
TOR112
CHI111
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +1
Final · OT
SAC104
HOU109
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
NYK107
LAL106
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +1
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 13, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs SAS), 44 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 38, Dallas rallies past Milwaukee

Dallas trailed by 13 at the half and won 99–93.

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 Q3Final0-8-13-11+6DAL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2223262899
MIL3028241193
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 32, 15, 26, 18, 38, 15, 24, 38DAL38 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 25, 9, 13, 22, 23, 22, 15, 15DAL15 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 5, 8, 16, 11, 27, 28, 13, 20MIL20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 6, 12, 21, 4, 4, 10, 8, 16MIL16 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat New Jersey by 25, the widest margin of 7 games.

TOR over CHI1NYK over LAL1MEM over NOK4HOU over SAC5DAL over MIL6MIA over POR19SAS over NJN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Metta World Peace leads the day with 39

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.
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 21, 23, 21, 21, 10, 20, 21, 39SAC @ HOU · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 28, 32, 15, 26, 18, 38, 15, 24, 38DAL @ MIL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 28, 41, 32, 27, 30, 27, 26, 35MIA vs POR · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 43, 22, 39, 27, 18, 25, 36, 31LAL vs NYK · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 17, 27, 14, 23, 20, 23, 29, 30CHI vs TOR · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 25, 36, 18, 32, 33, 20, 16, 28HOU vs SAC · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 12 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
Jamal CrawfordNYK+7.5 25.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.3 26.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.1 23.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Nene HilarioDEN+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
T.J. FordTOR−5.0 9.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Travis OutlawPOR−4.8 3.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Willie GreenPHI−4.6 5.9 last 10 · 10.5 season