FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 18, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed DET by 4 at halftime and won 92–88.

Final
TOR74
NYK92
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +18
Final
DAL92
DET88
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +4
Final
ORL97
MIA83
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +14
Final
LAC95
NJN101
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +6
Final
HOU124
PHI74
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +37; Q4 HOU +50
Final
MIN102
LAL109
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +7
Final
SEA95
POR77
Q1 SEA +1; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +18
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 · 2005–06Mar 18, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs POR), 33 points.
The lead · DAL @ DET

Dallas takes care of Detroit

A 4-point win, 92–88. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-4-2+4DAL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2521212592
DET2228191988
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 24, 24, 22, 19, 13, 30, 30, 28DAL28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 1, 9, 4, 10, 11, 10, 16, 2, 9, 22DAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 2, 6, 5, 2, 8, 4, 25, 18DET18 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 5, 7, 4, 17, 8, 13, 9, 17DET17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.7Season avg39.0Last 5

39.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.7 in 61 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg41.8Today

42 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Philadelphia by 50, the widest margin of 7 games.

DAL over DET4NJN over LAC6LAL over MIN7ORL over MIA14NYK over TOR18SEA over POR18HOU over PHI50Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 50

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25, 65, 50LAL vs MIN · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 16, 35, 33, 21, 19, 3, 10, 33MIN @ LAL · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 24, 24, 22, 19, 13, 30, 30, 28DAL @ DET · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 28, 24, 11, 16, 26, 13, 23, 27SEA @ POR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 7, 9, 15, 12, 9, 10, 14, 27LAC @ NJN · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 22, 33, 26, 23, 32, 30, 19, 26MIN @ LAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 6 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
Stephon MarburyNYK+9.7 25.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+6.8 14.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Al JeffersonBOS+6.5 22.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Yao MingHOU−6.2 18.3 last 10 · 24.5 season
JR SmithDEN−6.2 8.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mike JamesMIN−5.8 4.2 last 10 · 10.0 season