FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 17, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed UTA by 6 after the first quarter and won 115–108.

Final
BOS105
NJN85
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +29; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +20
Final · OT
POR97
CHA102
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +5
Final
NOH91
DET85
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +6
Final
PHI107
NYK97
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +10
Final
SAS92
CHI87
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +5
Final
MIA86
HOU93
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +7
Final
UTA108
DAL115
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +7
Final
ORL106
DEN88
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +18
Final
MIL92
LAC101
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +9
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 · 2007–08Jan 17, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Linas Kleiza (DEN vs UTA), 41 points.
The lead · UTA @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 39 in Dallas win over Utah

Dallas won 115–108.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+2+7DAL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA23283027108
DAL17382832115
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 28, 34, 10, 19, 15, 44, 20, 39DAL39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 18, 9, 10, 11, 33, 16, 28, 22DAL22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 10, 25, 8, 7, 23, 25, 27, 30UTA30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 21, 20, 20, 22, 43, 9, 13, 23UTA23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Boston by 20.

CHA over POR5SAS over CHI5NOH over DET6HOU over MIA7DAL over UTA7LAC over MIL9PHI over NYK10ORL over DEN18BOS over NJN20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.2Season avg26.5Last 3

26.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 0 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, 31, 28, 34, 10, 19, 15, 44, 20, 39DAL vs UTA · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 11, 24, 23, 14, 6, 0, 18, 31CHA vs POR · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 18, 7, 9, 22, 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31ORL @ DEN · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 10, 25, 8, 7, 23, 25, 27, 30UTA @ DAL · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 29, 24, 31, 41, 27, 31, 17, 29MIA @ HOU · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 25, 28, 20, 12, 27, 29, 21, 28PHI @ NYK · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 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
Andrea BargnaniTOR+9.3 22.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Eric GordonLAC+8.6 21.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.5 24.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Michael ReddMIL+5.2 26.9 last 10 · 21.7 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 15.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−5.5 14.0 last 10 · 19.5 season
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 16.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−5.2 9.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brandon RushIND−4.6 1.7 last 10 · 6.3 season