FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 6, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHX by 11 after three quarters and won 105–98.

Final
GSW96
NOH108
Q1 NOH -9; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +12
Final
DAL105
PHX98
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -11; Q4 DAL +7
Final
MIL97
IND105
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND -10; Q4 IND +8
Final
DET91
MIA75
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +16
Final
SAS72
POR65
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MEM113
MIN101
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +12
Final
ORL90
NYK100
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +10
Final
LAL114
SAC92
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +22
Final · 2OT
DEN147
SEA151
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA 0; OT2 SEA +4
Final
HOU105
LAC79
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +26
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 · 2006–07Apr 6, 2007: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SEA), 46 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32 as Dallas wins in Phoenix

Final: 105–98. Dirk Nowitzki made 11 of 23 shots from the field.

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 Q3Final0-2-5-11+7DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL26262627105
PHX282932998
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 21, 21, 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32DAL32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 13, 32, 30, 36, 25, 28, 23, 24DAL24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 26, 38, 33, 32, 22, 33, 41, 25, 24, 31PHX31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 2, 15, 17, 12, 10, 9, 9, 15PHX15 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Clippers by 26, the widest margin of 10 games.

SEA over DEN4DAL over PHX7SAS over POR7IND over MIL8NYK over ORL10NOH over GSW12MEM over MIN12DET over MIA16LAL over SAC22HOU over LAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 33, 23, 32, 25, 18, 25, 47, 38DEN @ SEA · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 23, 23, 32, 18, 25, 30, 4, 37SEA vs DEN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 7, 23, 16, 13, 8, 21, 17, 6, 35SEA vs DEN · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 18, 18, 22, 30, 14, 27, 19, 35GSW @ NOH · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 34, 12, 19, 14, 10, 6, 6, 15, 5, 34MEM @ MIN · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 21, 21, 35, 22, 11, 18, 27, 32DAL @ PHX · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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
Rasho NesterovicTOR+9.1 16.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Vince CarterNJN+7.9 29.5 last 10 · 21.6 season
Chris QuinnMIA+7.3 14.9 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jeff GreenSEA+6.2 16.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Grant HillPHX−6.2 7.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Dwight HowardORL−5.7 15.1 last 10 · 20.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.3 6.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Sam CassellBOS−4.8 6.3 last 10 · 11.1 season