FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 18, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAL by 2 after the first quarter and won 114–95.

Final · Box score
Pacers101
Heat104
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Box score
Lakers95
Mavs114
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +19
On this day · 2005–06Jan 18, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Nets), 36 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Mavs

Dallas makes it six straight

Dwyane Wade goes for 33 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+12+23+19DAL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2820242395
Mavs26343519114
Who led
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28, 29DAL29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30, 27DAL27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 8, 26, 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26LAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jordan FarmarPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 9, 2, 12, 11, 9, 5, 5, 17LAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Lead changes
Lakers-Mavs5
Pacers-Heat2
The night in charts
Lakers-Mavs combined for 209, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-MavsLakers 95, Mavs 114
209
Pacers-HeatPacers 101, Heat 104
205
MIA won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Pacers-HeatPacers 101, Heat 104
+3 MIA
Lakers-MavsLakers 95, Mavs 114
+19 DAL
Jason Williams shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Jason WilliamsMIA · 20 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
75% (9-12)
GeorgeDAL · 14 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
DirkDAL · 27 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
GrangerIND · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
60% (9-15)
FarmarLAL · 17 PTS, 5 STL, 4 REB, 4 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Pacers-Heat
Pacers 101Heat 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers22272131101
Heat23323019104
The story
Jason Williams had 20 points and 8 assists as Miami beat Indiana 104-101

Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 17 PTS, 10 REB 20 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB · 9-12 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the third 30-21, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +1+6+15+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Mavs
Lakers 95Mavs 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2820242395
Mavs26343519114
The story
Josh Howard's 29 points and 11 rebounds carried Dallas past Los Angeles, 114-95

For Los Angeles, Jordan Farmar had 17 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 29 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 12-23 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 34-20.

DAL lead by quarter
300 −2+12+23+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg38.8Today

39 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · Pacers-Heat

Miami leads Indiana wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 104–101. Best quarter: the second, 32–27. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Heat-Pacers
Dwyane Wade · MIADanny Granger · INDPTS3328REB65AST81Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 33

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 40, 0, 33, 29, 22, 32, 35, 33Heat-Pacers · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28, 29Mavs-Lakers · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 17, 6, 2, 15, 16, 22, 6, 28Pacers-Heat · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30, 27Mavs-Lakers · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 42, 8, 26, 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26Lakers-Mavs · L
28.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 4, 10, 0, 2, 0, 8, 7, 23Pacers-Heat · L
5.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tracy McGradyHOU+8.1 30.8 last 10 · 22.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.2 21.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Matt CarrollCHA+7.0 17.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Mike MillerMEM+7.0 24.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.0 19.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.1 8.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Troy MurphyGSW−3.6 5.3 last 10 · 8.9 season