FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 20, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed TOR by 14 at halftime and won 105–99.

Final
SAS95
ATL83
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +12
Final
MIL111
CLE107
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +4
Final
LAL134
IND114
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +20
Final
PHI101
WAS116
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +30; Q4 WAS +15
Final
GSW108
NYK82
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +26
Final
TOR99
DAL105
Q1 DAL -12; Q2 DAL -14; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final
CHI91
DEN112
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +21
Final
PHX100
SAC98
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +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 · 2006–07Nov 20, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · TOR @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32, Dallas rallies past Toronto

Dallas trailed by 14 at the half and won 105–99.

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 Q3Final0-12-14+7+6DAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3124172799
DAL19223826105
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 24, 19, 22, 11, 21, 17, 21, 32DAL32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 16, 31, 24, 16, 25, 18, 10, 19DAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 1, 26, 24, 14, 14, 22, 11, 31TOR31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 5, 16, 9, 14, 2, 0, 12, 20TOR20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat New York by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

PHX over SAC2MIL over CLE4DAL over TOR6SAS over ATL12WAS over PHI15LAL over IND20DEN over CHI21GSW over NYK26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.9Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 10 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 9 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
19.22006–07 avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 2006–07 (67 games). Line: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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: 45, 27, 24, 32, 26, 22, 27, 39, 40, 34CLE vs MIL · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 9 games: 25, 21, 27, 17, 26, 14, 31, 21, 34MIL @ CLE · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 4 games: 17, 28, 16, 33SAC vs PHX · L
23.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 45, 16, 33, 28, 30, 18, 30, 19, 18, 32LAL @ IND · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 24, 19, 22, 11, 21, 17, 21, 32DAL vs TOR · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 9 games: 25, 22, 11, 29, 37, 29, 21, 16, 31GSW @ NYK · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST