FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 15, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 7 at halftime and won 80–77.

Final
DAL80
HOU77
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +3
Final
CLE114
LAL108
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +6
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 15, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs CLE), 50 points.
The lead · DAL @ HOU

Dallas wins a tight one over Houston

80–77. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-7+1+3DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2117202280
HOU2322122077
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 15, 26, 18, 38, 15, 24, 38, 26DAL26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 4, 20, 7, 9, 14, 7, 13, 17DAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 36, 18, 32, 33, 20, 16, 28, 27HOU27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 11, 6, 20, 17, 11, 16, 9, 14HOU14 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg26.7Today

27 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · CLE @ LAL

Cleveland never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 114–108. LeBron James led Cleveland with 38 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs LAL
LeBron James · CLEKobe Bryant · LALPTS3834REB46AST35Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 17, 18, 21, 11, 29, 18, 23, 38CLE @ LAL · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 43, 22, 39, 27, 18, 25, 36, 31, 34LAL vs CLE · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 36, 18, 32, 33, 20, 16, 28, 27HOU vs DAL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 15, 26, 18, 38, 15, 24, 38, 26DAL @ HOU · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 25, 10, 10, 19, 15, 12, 17, 11, 12, 20LAL vs CLE · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 4, 20, 7, 9, 14, 7, 13, 17DAL @ HOU · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 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
Nene HilarioDEN+6.9 17.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 22.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+6.1 24.0 last 10 · 17.9 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.1 25.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Willie GreenPHI−5.8 4.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Travis OutlawPOR−5.1 3.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.7 17.0 last 10 · 21.7 season