FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 4, 2010Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–103.

Final
ATL77
MIA89
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +12
Final
CHA91
PHI109
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +18
Final · OT
HOU116
CHI119
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +3
Final
CLE95
MIN129
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +31; Q4 MIN +34
Final
ORL85
MIL96
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +11
Final
DAL105
SAC103
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +2
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 · 2009–10Dec 4, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs BOS), 36 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Dallas rallies from 9 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 9 after one, Dallas outscored the Kings 77–66 the rest of the way. Final: 105–103. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-10+2DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL28262625105
SAC37182523103
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 42, 34, 26, 22, 20, 10, 26, 25DAL25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 16, 10, 12, 12, 6, 12, 12, 23DAL23 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 20, 9, 11, 8, 17, 16, 15, 25SAC25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Donte GreenePoints, last 10 games: 1, 8, 9, 15, 10, 8, 13, 6, 5, 19SAC19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Minnesota by 34.

DAL over SAC2CHI over HOU3MIL over ORL11MIA over ATL12PHI over CHA18MIN over CLE34Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg35.1Today

35 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Bogut leads the day with 31

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.
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 19, 10, 8, 8, 12, 4, 8, 31MIL vs ORL · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 33, 22, 30, 35, 30, 15, 20, 30CHI vs HOU · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 24, 0, 24, 32, 21, 12, 25, 28MIN vs CLE · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 12, 25, 3, 25, 32, 27, 14, 27MIL vs ORL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 21, 21, 18, 22, 20, 16, 15, 27MIA vs ATL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 16, 24, 11, 13, 15, 14, 15, 27HOU @ CHI · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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
Blake GriffinLAC+3.9 24.5 last 10 · 20.6 season
Darko MilicicMIN+3.9 13.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+3.8 28.3 last 10 · 24.6 season
Raymond FeltonNYK+2.7 20.8 last 10 · 18.1 season
Quentin RichardsonORL+2.7 10.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−3.7 8.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Paul MillsapUTA−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Rudy GayMEM−3.6 18.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Jason TerryDAL−3.3 12.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jarrett JackNOH−3.2 5.2 last 10 · 8.4 season