FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 16, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 6 at halftime and won 109–96.

Final · OT · Box score
Magic78
Hornets84
Q1 NOK +1; Q2 NOK +5; Q3 NOK +8; Q4 Hornets 0; OT1 NOK +6
Final · Box score
Rockets96
Mavs109
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +13
Final · Box score
Cavs96
Sonics101
Q1 SEA -4; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 Sonics 0; Q4 SEA +5
On this day · 2005–06Jan 16, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (Nuggets-Bulls), 39 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki posts 30 and 10 as Dallas beats Houston

Tracy McGrady goes for 45 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-6+2+13DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets3023212296
Mavs25222933109
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30DAL30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28DAL28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37, 45HOU45 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 18, 7, 19, 16, 23, 12, 17, 16HOU16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Cavs-Sonics

Seattle upsets Cleveland

Seattle (14–25) beat Cleveland (23–13) 101–96. Ray Allen led Seattle with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over CLE5NOK over ORL6DAL over HOU13Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over CLE.
Lead changes
Rockets-Mavs15
Cavs-Sonics10
Magic-Hornets3
The night in charts
Rockets-Mavs combined for 205, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-MavsRockets 96, Mavs 109
205
Cavs-SonicsCavs 96, Sonics 101
197
Magic-HornetsMagic 78, Hornets 84
162
SEA won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Cavs-SonicsCavs 96, Sonics 101
+5 SEA
Magic-HornetsMagic 78, Hornets 84
+6 NOK
Rockets-MavsRockets 96, Mavs 109
+13 DAL
DAL rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Rockets-MavsDAL won · Rockets 96, Mavs 109
6 pts
Cavs-SonicsSEA won · Cavs 96, Sonics 101
5 pts
T-Mac shot 17-of-29 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
T-MacHOU · 45 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
59% (17-29)
HowardDAL · 28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
57% (12-21)
PargoNOK · 25 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
56% (10-18)
IlgauskasCLE · 24 PTS, 11 REB, 1 STL
56% (10-18)
ButlerNOK · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
50% (8-16)
Final · Cavs-Sonics
Cavs 96Sonics 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2826192396
Sonics24252428101
The story
Seattle beat Cleveland 101-96 behind 22 points and 11 assists from Ray Allen

Zydrunas Ilgauskas paced Cleveland: 24 PTS, 11 REB 22 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB · 6-21 FG, 2-10 3PT

The swing

A 24-19 third quarter erased a 5-point hole for the SuperSonics.

SEA lead by quarter
200 −4−50+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 55.9 FPTS: 30 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB

Final · Magic-Hornets
Magic 78Hornets 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Magic19142022378
Hornets20182314984
The story
Desmond Mason had 21 points as New Orleans/Oklahoma City beat Orlando 84-78 in OT

Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 16 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 6-18 FG

The swing

The Hornets won the overtime 9-3.

NOK lead by quarter
200 +1+5+80+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Dwight Howard led the game in fantasy with 43.5 FPTS (17 PTS, 15 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Rockets-Mavs
Rockets 96Mavs 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets3023212296
Mavs25222933109
The story
Devean George's 14 points carried Dallas past Houston, 109-96

For Houston, Rafer Alston had 12 PTS, 5 AST 14 PTS, 6 REB · 5-8 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 33-22, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −5−6+2+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg23.4Last 3

23.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg47.5Today

47 minutes today, against 30.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 45

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37, 45Rockets-Mavs · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30Mavs-Rockets · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 19, 32, 8, 19, 34, 34, 28, 30Cavs-Sonics · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28Mavs-Rockets · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jannero PargoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 7, 24, 16, 14, 3, 24, 19, 25Hornets-Magic · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 8, 27, 11, 16, 17, 4, 20, 24Cavs-Sonics · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tracy McGradyHOU+8.1 30.8 last 10 · 22.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+7.8 16.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Matt CarrollCHA+7.1 17.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.7 21.3 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−7.5 17.3 last 10 · 24.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.8 6.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.1 8.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.3 19.1 last 10 · 23.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season