FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 1, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed CLE by 11 at halftime and won 110–96.

Final
ORL98
MIA112
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +14
Final
WAS122
PHI103
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +19
Final
IND102
BOS97
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +5
Final
DET110
HOU118
Q1 HOU +21; Q2 HOU +23; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +8
Final
BKN107
MIL98
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +2; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +9
Final
CLE96
MEM110
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -11; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +14
Final
DEN96
POR102
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +6
Final
MIN108
SAC97
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +11
Final
NOP76
LAC108
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +32
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2012–13Mar 1, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ DEN), 38 points.
The lead · CLE @ MEM

Memphis handles Cleveland by 14

The Grizzlies won the third quarter 33–15. Final: 110–96. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-11+7+14MEM AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3035151696
MEM22323323110
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 13, 20, 13, 21, 12, 13, 13, 23MEM23 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 18, 4, 8, 17, 15, 14, 17, 22MEM22 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 22, 17, 15, 25, 31, 21, 28CLE28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 12, 16, 13, 11, 13, 11, 18, 18CLE18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 56 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg8.2Last 3

8.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.9Season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 7.9 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIN @ SAC

Minnesota takes care of Sacramento

An 11-point win, 108–97. Kevin Martin led Minnesota with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over BOS5POR over DEN6HOU over DET8BKN over MIL9MIN over SAC11MIA over ORL14MEM over CLE14WAS over PHI19LAC over NOP32Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over SAC.
Top performances

Trevor Ariza leads the day with 40

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 32, 6, 19, 4, 15, 22, 16, 40WAS @ PHI · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jalen Rose IND, May 6, 2000: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Career high40 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 22, 17, 15, 25, 31, 21, 28CLE @ MEM · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 12, 12, 26, 35, 32, 20, 18, 27IND @ BOS · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 29, 10, 17, 21, 29, 21, 17, 27BOS vs IND · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 8, 18, 14, 17, 32, 8, 15, 26MIN @ SAC · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 4, 12, 6, 11, 3, 9, 10, 25BKN @ MIL · W
8.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Kevin LoveMIN+6.3 32.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Gerald GreenPHX+5.3 20.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Taj GibsonCHI+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.7 28.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+4.4 23.3 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−4.8 12.3 last 10 · 17.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−3.8 20.0 last 10 · 23.8 season
Jeremy LinHOU−3.7 8.8 last 10 · 12.5 season