FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 15, 2010Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed OKC by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–98.

Final
SAS76
CHA92
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +16
Final
SAC86
PHI98
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +12
Final
PHX101
ATL102
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +1
Final · 2OT
WAS119
CHI121
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +2
Final · OT
NOH104
DET110
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +6
Final
MIN110
MEM135
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +25; Q4 MEM +25
Final
IND121
NJN105
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +16
Final
TOR112
NYK104
Q1 TOR +19; Q2 TOR +24; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +8
Final
OKC98
DAL99
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +1
Final
MIA115
HOU106
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +9
Final
MIL113
GSW104
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -8; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +9
Final
LAC86
LAL126
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +22; Q4 LAL +40
Final
ORL87
POR102
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +15
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 · 2008–09Jan 15, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR @ NJN), 29 points.
The lead · OKC @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 32, Dallas rallies past OKC

Dallas trailed by 9 after one and won 99–98.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-7+3+1DAL AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC2827162798
DAL1929262599
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 11, 25, 22, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32DAL32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 20, 11, 10, 26, 21, 16, 7, 21DAL21 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 31, 31, 25, 27, 40, 30, 35, 30OKC30 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 8, 17, 29, 11, 18, 17, 25, 18OKC18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 40.

ATL over PHX1DAL over OKC1CHI over WAS2DET over NOH6TOR over NYK8MIA over HOU9MIL over GSW9PHI over SAC12POR over ORL15CHA over SAS16IND over NJN16MEM over MIN25LAL over LAC40Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Derrick Rose 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.
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 30, 19, 24, 25, 8, 22, 17, 37CHI vs WAS · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 29, 28, 44, 33, 24, 13, 35, 37MIA @ HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 17, 32, 26, 28, 32, 31, 25, 34WAS @ CHI · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 37, 22, 30, 32, 20, 39, 30, 17, 33GSW vs MIL · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 33, 13, 25, 22, 35, 28, 24, 32, 25, 32GSW vs MIL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 16, 7, 20, 29, 12, 17, 19, 32DET vs NOH · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+7.2 26.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.0 16.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Randy FoyeWAS+5.8 15.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Matt BarnesORL+5.2 14.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Rajon RondoBOS+5.0 19.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Terrence WilliamsNJN−5.1 2.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.9 6.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.5 13.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.0 14.2 last 10 · 18.2 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 13.2 last 10 · 17.2 season