FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, June 15, 2006Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Finals · G4 · Box score
Mavs74
Heat98
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +24
The lead · NBA Finals · Game 4 · Mavs-Heat

Dwyane Wade goes for 36 in Miami win over Dallas

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 17 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+10+11+24MIA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs251923774
Heat3024242098
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 35, 31, 23, 14, 28, 23, 42, 36MIA36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 27, 21, 19, 28, 17, 5, 16, 17MIA17 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 13, 14, 17, 32, 16, 16, 17DAL17 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 28, 11, 50, 24, 16, 26, 30, 16DAL16 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Final · Mavs-Heat
Mavs 74Heat 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs251923774
Heat3024242098
The story
James Posey had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Miami beat Dallas 98-74

Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 16 PTS, 9 REB 15 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 5-9 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the fourth 20-7, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
300 +5+10+11+24 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
27.2Reg. season avg33.7Last 3 playoff games

33.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 27.2 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 36 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Reg. season avg5.0Last 3 playoff games

5.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.5 in the regular season (62 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Reg. season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 26.8 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 36

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 35, 31, 23, 14, 28, 23, 42, 36Heat-Mavs · W
27.4 PPG playoffs to date · +9.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 27, 21, 19, 28, 17, 5, 16, 17Heat-Mavs · W
18.9 PPG playoffs to date · −2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 13, 14, 17, 32, 16, 16, 17Mavs-Heat · L
18.2 PPG playoffs to date · −1.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 28, 11, 50, 24, 16, 26, 30, 16Mavs-Heat · L
27.2 PPG playoffs to date · −11.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 7, 10, 16, 19, 13, 19, 4, 16Mavs-Heat · L
13.8 PPG playoffs to date · +2.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 4, 7, 5, 3, 2, 7, 4, 15Heat-Mavs · W
7.2 PPG playoffs to date · +8.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Lead changes
Mavs-Heat2