FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 12, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DAL by 11 at halftime and won 99–92.

Final
MIA95
CHI93
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +2
Final
BOS99
DAL92
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -11; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +7
Final
POR98
GSW105
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +7
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 · 2007–08Feb 12, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC @ MEM), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ DAL

Paul Pierce scores 31, Boston rallies past Dallas

Boston trailed by 11 at the half and won 99–92. Dirk Nowitzki scored 37 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-4-11-6+7BOS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1723293099
DAL2130241792
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 20, 36, 29, 21, 26, 19, 30, 31BOS31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 14, 22, 23, 22, 22, 18, 1, 20BOS20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 20, 30, 29, 16, 14, 44, 21, 37DAL37 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 19, 15, 13, 23, 18, 13, 23, 17DAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIA @ CHI

Miami holds off Chicago, 95–93

Miami led 76–65 after three and held on to win by two. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over CHI2BOS over DAL7GSW over POR7Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 37

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: 26, 18, 20, 30, 29, 16, 14, 44, 21, 37DAL vs BOS · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 17, 30, 6, 26, 32, 19, 22, 37POR @ GSW · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 11, 20, 26, 20, 19, 28, 24, 34CHI vs MIA · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 20, 36, 29, 21, 26, 19, 30, 31BOS @ DAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 14, 24, 30, 32, 29, 21, 22, 33, 24MIA @ CHI · W
28.3 PPG season to date · −4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 19, 17, 15, 18, 25, 24, 16, 24GSW vs POR · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 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
Deron WilliamsUTA+8.0 27.2 last 10 · 19.2 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+7.0 22.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Raja BellCHA+6.0 17.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.8 31.3 last 10 · 25.5 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.8 9.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jamal CrawfordGSW−5.1 13.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season