FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 6, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed ATL by 2 after the first quarter and won 100–98.

Final
CLE94
CHA74
Q1 CLE +16; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +20
Final
OKC99
MIA105
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +6
Final
NJN95
PHI84
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +11
Final
LAC107
MIN84
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +23
Final
MEM87
NOH106
Q1 NOH +21; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +29; Q4 NOH +19
Final
WAS110
CHI117
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +7
Final
ATL98
DAL100
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +2
Final
GSW88
SAS123
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +37; Q4 SAS +35
Final
UTA104
PHX106
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +2
Final
DEN118
SAC85
Q1 DEN +19; Q2 DEN +21; Q3 DEN +27; Q4 DEN +33
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 6, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DEN @ DAL), 35 points.
The lead · ATL @ DAL

Dallas holds off Atlanta, 100–98

Dallas led 74–59 after three and held on to win by two. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

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 Q3Final0-2-2+15+2DAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2320163998
DAL21203326100
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 39, 32, 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39, 24DAL24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 4, 9, 2, 10, 5, 15, 18, 22DAL22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 4, 15, 18, 18, 26, 17, 32ATL32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 14, 10, 18, 24, 21, 20, 10, 21ATL21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · WAS @ CHI

Washington's skid reaches three

Chicago won 117–110; the Wizards fall to 3–15. Luol Deng led Chicago with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
L@ ATL87–91Lvs HOU91–103L@ NYK117–122Wvs GSW124–100Lvs ORL90–105Lvs ATL98–102W@ NJN108–88Lvs POR92–98Lvs LAL104–106L@ CHI110–117WAS: last 10 games through Dec 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg11.1Last 3

11.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg27.2Today

27 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 38, 23, 12, 43, 26, 37, 23, 38MIA vs OKC · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 4, 15, 18, 18, 26, 17, 32ATL @ DAL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 9, 15, 13, 15, 12, 10, 19, 30OKC @ MIA · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 19, 28, 19, 20, 8, 19, 17, 28MIN vs LAC · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 30, 19, 18, 15, 22, 13, 23, 27LAC @ MIN · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 23, 35, 25, 21, 22, 16, 26, 27WAS @ CHI · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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
Rajon RondoBOS+3.7 14.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Eric GordonLAC+3.6 11.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Emeka OkaforCHA+2.9 14.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
D.J. AugustinCHA+2.8 15.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+2.7 16.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
LeBron JamesCLE−3.3 23.2 last 10 · 26.5 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.0 15.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI−2.9 10.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Rudy FernandezPOR−2.6 8.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−2.5 5.9 last 10 · 8.4 season