FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 4, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX97
DAL112
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +15
Final
SAS108
DEN91
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +17
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 · 2007–08Dec 4, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ IND), 42 points.
The lead · PHX @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 39 in Dallas win over Phoenix

Dallas won 112–97.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+18+14+15DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2422282397
DAL33312424112
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 32, 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39DAL39 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 15, 31, 20, 29, 29, 24, 26, 19DAL19 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 21, 17, 22, 16, 14, 25, 26, 28PHX28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 14, 8, 16, 20, 20, 26, 20PHX20 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Second story · SAS @ DEN

San Antonio never trails at a break against Denver

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 108–91. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 22 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs DEN
Tony Parker · SASCarmelo Anthony · DENPTS2216REB16AST83Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg30.5Today

31 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 39

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 NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 32, 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39DAL vs PHX · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 21, 17, 22, 16, 14, 25, 26, 28PHX @ DAL · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 9 games: 32, 24, 22, 55, 4, 15, 15, 18, 22SAS @ DEN · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 12, 18, 14, 21, 11, 17, 23, 21SAS @ DEN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 6 games: 12, 15, 14, 11, 13, 21SAS @ DEN · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 14, 8, 16, 20, 20, 26, 20PHX @ DAL · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 10 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
CJ MilesUTA+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Rajon RondoBOS+2.5 12.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ronnie BrewerUTA+2.0 15.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+1.8 9.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Steve BlakePOR+1.8 13.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Rudy FernandezPOR−2.1 9.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Paul PierceBOS−1.8 16.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−1.5 7.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−1.5 8.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Anthony CarterDEN−1.0 5.0 last 10 · 6.0 season