FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 3, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 96–85.

Final
MEM110
WAS104
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +6
Final
CHI80
BKN96
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +17; Q4 BKN +16
Final
NYK85
DET96
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +11
Final
CHA107
MIA124
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +17
Final
UTA88
MIL114
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +28; Q4 MIL +26
Final
MIN132
DEN128
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +4
Final
LAL107
POR106
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +1
Final
NOP89
SAC96
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +7
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 3, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ LAC), 35 points.
The lead · NYK @ DET

Detroit climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 8 after one. Detroit won it 96–85. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 17 points, 26 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-8-5+5+11DET AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2816202185
DET2019302796
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 16, 8, 20, 8, 11, 16, 16, 17DET17 PTS · 26 REB · 0 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 9, 14, 9, 17, 8, 18, 12, 16DET16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 42, 44, 35, 44, 29, 23, 21, 28NYK28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 20, 12, 10, 8, 9, 4, 14, 22NYK22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.0Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.0 in 46 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · LAL @ POR

Lakers lead Portland wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 107–106. Best quarter: the first, 33–20. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over POR1MIN over DEN4MEM over WAS6SAC over NOP7DET over NYK11BKN over CHI16MIA over CHA17MIL over UTA26Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over POR.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 61

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 13, 37, 36, 42, 33, 31, 20, 61MIA vs CHA · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +34.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kemba Walker CHA, Nov 17, 2018: 60 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Career high61 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 12, 32, 29, 33, 6, 20, 25, 38CHA @ MIA · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 31, 32, 42, 37, 31, 33, 22, 33MIN @ DEN · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 13, 12, 27, 27, 18, 24, 6, 31DEN vs MIN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 16, 9, 14, 12, 20, 9, 11, 31MIL vs UTA · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 42, 44, 35, 44, 29, 23, 21, 28NYK @ DET · L
28.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Gerald GreenPHX+7.0 22.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
LeBron JamesMIA+5.3 32.8 last 10 · 27.5 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.2 31.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.7 28.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.4 32.4 last 10 · 28.0 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−4.8 11.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Evan TurnerIND−4.7 12.2 last 10 · 16.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Klay ThompsonGSW−3.8 14.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Jeremy LinHOU−3.7 8.8 last 10 · 12.5 season