FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 12, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 95–94.

Final · OT
DET103
CHA100
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
BOS78
WAS85
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS -5; Q4 WAS +7
Final
MIN88
SAS105
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +17
Final
MIL114
PHX122
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +8
Final
ORL115
UTA119
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +4
Final
IND111
SAC105
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +6
Final
DAL95
LAC94
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +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 · 2006–07Jan 12, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs UTA), 54 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAC

Dallas rallies from 8 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 8 after one, Dallas outscored the Clippers 74–65 the rest of the way. Final: 95–94. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4-4+1DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2126242495
LAC2922241994
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 19, 22, 29, 24, 30, 23, 20, 22DAL22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 11, 14, 9, 8, 14, 15, 11, 20DAL20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 16, 2, 10, 8, 0, 7, 20, 21LAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 9, 21, 13, 17, 20, 14, 27, 20LAC20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: San Antonio by 17.

DAL over LAC1DET over CHA3UTA over ORL4IND over SAC6WAS over BOS7PHX over MIL8SAS over MIN17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Steve Nash leads the day with 35

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.
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 9, 10, 12, 17, 23, 13, 9, 35PHX vs MIL · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 28, 31, 34, 17, 20, 25, 21, 31PHX vs MIL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 15, 17, 13, 16, 29, 17, 20, 29ORL @ UTA · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 8, 13, 10, 25, 13, 17, 14, 29MIL @ PHX · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 4, 14, 6, 20, 15, 9, 22, 29UTA vs ORL · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 17, 13, 16, 18, 17, 16, 11, 27DET @ CHA · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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
Jason RichardsonCHA+6.7 26.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+6.5 17.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Joe SmithCHI+6.5 16.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ben GordonCHI+4.6 24.1 last 10 · 19.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+4.5 17.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.9 17.2 last 10 · 23.1 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.9 5.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.6 5.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−4.1 15.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Zach RandolphNYK−4.1 12.5 last 10 · 16.6 season