FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 14, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed TOR by 11 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final · Box score
Mavs97
Raptors96
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -11; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +1
Final · Box score
Nuggets109
Blazers93
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +16
On this day · 2005–06Jan 14, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Suns), 46 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Raptors

Dirk Nowitzki scores 38 as Dallas wins in Toronto

Sergio Rodriguez goes for 23 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-11-6+1DAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2226232697
Raptors3227181996
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38DAL38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 18, 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 30, 17DAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 26, 21, 24, 12, 30, 27, 24TOR24 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 24, 28, 20, 20, 0, 15, 19, 16TOR16 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Blazers

Denver beats Portland, 109–93

Denver led 90–73 after three and won by 16. Allen Iverson led Denver with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Blazers
Allen Iverson · DENSergio Rodriguez · PORPTS3223REB34AST910Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Blazers4
Mavs-Raptors3
Shot of the night

Howard's layup with 0.9 seconds left puts the Mavericks ahead, 97-96 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Blazers combined for 202, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 109, Blazers 93
202
Mavs-RaptorsMavs 97, Raptors 96
193
DAL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Mavs-RaptorsMavs 97, Raptors 96
+1 DAL
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 109, Blazers 93
+16 DEN
DAL erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-RaptorsDAL won · Mavs 97, Raptors 96
11 pts
Nuggets-BlazersDEN won · Nuggets 109, Blazers 93
7 pts
Rodriguez shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RodriguezPOR · 23 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
79% (11-14)
BlakeDEN · 25 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 3 STL
69% (9-13)
Anthony ParkerTOR · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
T.J. FordTOR · 16 PTS, 8 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
55% (6-11)
AIDEN · 32 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
52% (11-21)
Final · Mavs-Raptors
Mavs 97Raptors 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2226232697
Raptors3227181996
The story
Josh Howard had 14 points as Dallas beat Toronto 97-96

T.J. Ford led Toronto with 16 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB 14 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 5-17 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Mavericks took the fourth 26-19.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −10−11−6+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Blazers
Nuggets 109Blazers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets31184119109
Blazers1937172093
The story
Allen Iverson's 32 points and 9 assists carried Denver past Portland, 109-93

For Portland, Martell Webster had 12 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 32 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB · 11-21 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets trailed by 7 going into the third, then won it 41-17.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +12−7+17+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.9Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 3.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 38

Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38Mavs-Raptors · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 44, 21, 28, 30, 16, 22, 23, 33, 28, 32Nuggets-Blazers · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 0, 7, 6, 5, 11, 10, 13, 25Nuggets-Blazers · W
4.5 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 13, 26, 21, 24, 12, 30, 27, 24Raptors-Mavs · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Sergio RodriguezPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 0, 6, 3, 0, 2, 0, 6, 23Blazers-Nuggets · L
3.0 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 18, 1, 10, 12, 18, 20, 30, 17Mavs-Raptors · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Juwan HowardHOU+7.6 16.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Earl BoykinsMIL+6.1 21.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.5 18.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.7 6.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.3 19.1 last 10 · 23.4 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.2 20.8 last 10 · 25.0 season