FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 4, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Suns97
Mavs112
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +15
Final · Box score
Spurs108
Nuggets91
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +17
On this day · 2007–08Dec 4, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (Suns-Pacers), 42 points.
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The lead · Suns-Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 39 in Dallas win over Phoenix

Tim Duncan goes for 21 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+18+14+15DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2422282397
Mavs33312424112
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 32, 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39DAL39 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 15, 31, 20, 29, 29, 24, 26, 19DAL19 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 21, 17, 22, 16, 14, 25, 26, 28PHX28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 14, 8, 16, 20, 20, 26, 20PHX20 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Second story · Spurs-Nuggets

San Antonio never trails at a break against Denver

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 108–91. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 22 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Nuggets
Tony Parker · SASCarmelo Anthony · DENPTS2216REB16AST83Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Nuggets2
Suns-Mavs0
The night in charts
Suns-Mavs combined for 209, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-MavsSuns 97, Mavs 112
209
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 108, Nuggets 91
199
DAL won the closest game by 15
Closest finishes
Suns-MavsSuns 97, Mavs 112
+15 DAL
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 108, Nuggets 91
+17 SAS
Dirk shot 17-of-25 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DirkDAL · 39 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
68% (17-25)
NashPHX · 20 PTS, 10 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
ManuSAS · 21 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
DuncanSAS · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 5 BLK
58% (7-12)
Amar'ePHX · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
52% (11-21)
Final · Suns-Mavs
Suns 97Mavs 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2422282397
Mavs33312424112
The story
Jason Terry's 19 points carried Dallas past Phoenix, 112-97

For Phoenix, Amar'e Stoudemire had 28 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 6 AST · 7-17 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 33-24, was where the Mavericks built it.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +9+18+14+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Nuggets
Spurs 108Nuggets 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs30312225108
Nuggets2615262491
The story
Tony Parker had 22 points and 8 assists as San Antonio beat Denver 108-91

Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 22 PTS, 8 AST, 1 REB · 10-21 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The Spurs won the second 31-15, their biggest quarter edge.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +4+20+16+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 16 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg30.5Today

31 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 39

Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 32, 24, 25, 24, 19, 19, 29, 39Mavs-Suns · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 21, 17, 22, 16, 14, 25, 26, 28Suns-Mavs · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 9 games: 32, 24, 22, 55, 4, 15, 15, 18, 22Spurs-Nuggets · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 12, 18, 14, 21, 11, 17, 23, 21Spurs-Nuggets · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 6 games: 12, 15, 14, 11, 13, 21Spurs-Nuggets · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 14, 8, 16, 20, 20, 26, 20Suns-Mavs · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
CJ MilesUTA+3.8 14.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Rajon RondoBOS+2.5 12.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Ronnie BrewerUTA+2.0 15.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kendrick PerkinsBOS+1.8 9.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Steve BlakePOR+1.8 13.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Rudy FernandezPOR−2.1 9.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Paul PierceBOS−1.8 16.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Luc Mbah a MouteMIL−1.5 7.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−1.5 8.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Anthony CarterDEN−1.0 5.0 last 10 · 6.0 season