FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 21, 2007Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Mavs99
Heat93
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final · Box score
Spurs99
Sixers85
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +14
Final · Box score
Wolves102
Suns131
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +33; Q4 PHX +29
Final · Box score
Bucks95
Blazers99
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +4
On this day · 2005–06Jan 21, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Jazz), 51 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Blazers

Portland beats Milwaukee, 99–95

Shawn Marion goes for 20 rebounds

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+13+12+4POR AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2025183295
Blazers3028172499
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 18, 10, 15, 11, 9, 19, 22, 28POR28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 15, 25, 21, 23, 4, 26, 36, 19POR19 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 22, 26, 18, 11, 30, 17, 4, 28MIL28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Charlie BellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 3, 8, 4, 26, 10, 10, 4, 23MIL23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Mavs-Heat

Dallas never trails at a break against Miami

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 99–93. Josh Howard led Dallas with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over MIL4DAL over MIA6SAS over PHI14PHX over MIN29Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over MIA.
Lead changes
Wolves-Suns4
Bucks-Blazers1
Mavs-Heat0
Spurs-Sixers0
The night in charts
Wolves-Suns combined for 233, 39 more than any other game
Points by game
Wolves-SunsWolves 102, Suns 131
233
Bucks-BlazersBucks 95, Blazers 99
194
Mavs-HeatMavs 99, Heat 93
192
Spurs-SixersSpurs 99, Sixers 85
184
POR won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Bucks-BlazersBucks 95, Blazers 99
+4 POR
Mavs-HeatMavs 99, Heat 93
+6 DAL
Spurs-SixersSpurs 99, Sixers 85
+14 SAS
Wolves-SunsWolves 102, Suns 131
+29 PHX
Amar'e shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amar'ePHX · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
79% (11-14)
BarrySAS · 23 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
73% (8-11)
RoyPOR · 28 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
MarionPHX · 20 REB, 17 PTS, 3 AST, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
StackhouseDAL · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Bucks-Blazers
Bucks 95Blazers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2025183295
Blazers3028172499
The story
Brandon Roy's 28 points carried Portland past Milwaukee, 99-95

For Milwaukee, Earl Boykins had 28 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB 28 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 10-15 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-20, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 +10+13+12+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Heat
Mavs 99Heat 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs3120232599
Heat2317272693
The story
Josh Howard had 25 points as Dallas beat Miami 99-93

Udonis Haslem led Miami with 15 PTS, 8 REB 25 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 9-18 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks won the first 31-23, their biggest quarter edge.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +8+11+7+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wolves-Suns
Wolves 102Suns 131
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves28232031102
Suns35234627131
The story
Phoenix beat Minnesota 131-102 behind 25 points from Amar'e Stoudemire

Troy Hudson paced Minnesota: 22 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 11-14 FG

The swing

A 46-20 third quarter did the most damage for the Suns.

PHX lead by quarter
400 +7+7+33+29 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.9Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 24.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 31

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 40, 0, 33, 29, 22, 32, 35, 33, 28, 31Heat-Mavs · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 18, 10, 15, 11, 9, 19, 22, 28Blazers-Bucks · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 22, 26, 18, 11, 30, 17, 4, 28Bucks-Blazers · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 20, 21, 17, 15, 14, 28, 29, 25Mavs-Heat · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 10, 12, 17, 12, 42, 22, 23, 25Suns-Wolves · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 6, 5, 5, 16, 11, 6, 16, 25Wolves-Suns · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+7.3 30.1 last 10 · 22.8 season
Matt CarrollCHA+6.8 18.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.4 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.3 19.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.2 7.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.4 9.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.0 2.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.7 21.0 last 10 · 24.7 season