FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 30, 2008Regular season · 3 games
← Oct 29CalendarOct 31 →

3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DAL by 1 after the first quarter and won 112–102.

Final
CHA79
CLE96
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +17
Final
HOU112
DAL102
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +10
Final
NOH108
PHX95
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +12; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +13
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 · 2007–08Oct 30, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs HOU), 45 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Yao Ming scores 30 as Houston wins in Dallas

Final: 112–102. Yao Ming made 11 of 15 shots from the field. Dirk Nowitzki scored 36 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+3-1+10HOU AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU32302327112
DAL33262716102
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 2 games: 21, 30HOU30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 2 games: 16, 29HOU29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiDAL36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Josh HowardDAL28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NOH @ PHX

New Orleans leads Phoenix wire to wire

New Orleans was ahead at every break and won 108–95. Best quarter: the first, 30–23. Morris Peterson led New Orleans with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DAL10NOH over PHX13CLE over CHA17Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, today vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
23.62007–08 avg36Today

36 points today in 39 minutes, against 23.6 a game in 2007–08 (77 games).

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
22.62007–08 avg7.0Last 2

7.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.6 in 2007–08 (78 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.1minutes, today vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
17.92007–08 avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 2007–08 (31 games). Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 36

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.
Dirk NowitzkiDAL vs HOU · L
36.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 2 games: 21, 30HOU @ DAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 2 games: 16, 29HOU @ DAL · W
22.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Josh HowardDAL vs HOU · L
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Daniel GibsonPoints, last 2 games: 6, 25CLE vs CHA · W
15.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 2 games: 13, 24PHX vs NOH · L
18.5 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST