FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 10, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 9 after the first quarter and won 121–103.

Final
ORL93
CHA81
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +12
Final
WAS76
MIA90
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +14
Final
DEN90
CHI89
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +1
Final
POR93
MEM79
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +14
Final
HOU103
DAL121
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +18
Final
OKC98
SAC101
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +3
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 · 2008–09Nov 10, 2008: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ IND), 37 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dallas fights back from 9 down against Houston

Final: 121–103, after trailing by 9 after one. Jason Terry led Dallas with 24 points, 0 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-4+9+18DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU37241329103
DAL28292638121
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 7 games: 12, 16, 16, 10, 35, 19, 24DAL24 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 7 games: 34, 21, 24, 40, 12, 29, 23DAL23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 7 games: 19, 18, 28, 19, 15, 11, 22HOU22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 7 games: 9, 10, 16, 10, 20, 21, 19HOU19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ MIA

Miami turns it around against Washington

From 8 down at the half to a 14-point win: 90–76. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 41 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs WAS
Dwyane Wade · MIAGilbert Arenas · WASPTS4121REB55AST58Top 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.
Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
24.82008–09 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 2008–09 (51 games). Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−10.2points, today vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
15.22008–09 avg5Today

5 points today in 29 minutes, against 15.2 a game in 2008–09 (81 games).

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

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 7 games: 26, 32, 25, 23, 40, 22, 41MIA vs WAS · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 7 games: 25, 25, 16, 28, 27, 28, 37OKC @ SAC · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 7 games: 12, 16, 16, 10, 35, 19, 24DAL vs HOU · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 7 games: 34, 21, 24, 40, 12, 29, 23DAL vs HOU · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 7 games: 13, 10, 8, 16, 14, 13, 22CHI vs DEN · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 7 games: 19, 18, 28, 19, 15, 11, 22HOU @ DAL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST