FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 5, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 101–89.

Final
IND87
CHA109
Q1 CHA +20; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +16; Q4 CHA +22
Final
HOU101
ORL89
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +12
Final
UTA91
WAS104
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +13
Final
MEM94
BKN103
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +10; Q3 BKN +27; Q4 BKN +9
Final
GSW108
BOS88
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +21; Q3 GSW +30; Q4 GSW +20
Final
CHI105
DET94
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +11
Final
DAL110
DEN115
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +5
Final
SAC116
MIL102
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +21; Q4 SAC +14
Final
NYK118
MIN106
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +12
Final
ATL78
POR102
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +24
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 5, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs LAL), 37 points.
The lead · HOU @ ORL

James Harden scores 31, Houston rallies past Orlando

Houston trailed by 13 after one and won 101–89.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-13-7+10+12HOU AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU19223426101
ORL3216172489
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 29, 39, 23, 43, 18, 20, 21, 31HOU31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 20, 11, 25, 20, 23, 17, 22, 19HOU19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 15, 16, 7, 10, 21, 23, 32, 18ORL18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 20, 14, 11, 19, 21, 18, 18, 15ORL15 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Portland by 24.

DEN over DAL5BKN over MEM9CHI over DET11HOU over ORL12NYK over MIN12WAS over UTA13SAC over MIL14GSW over BOS20CHA over IND22POR over ATL24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 34

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 32, 29, 33, 6, 20, 25, 38, 34CHA vs IND · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 42, 44, 35, 44, 29, 23, 21, 28, 33NYK @ MIN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 29, 39, 23, 43, 18, 20, 21, 31HOU @ ORL · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 13, 22, 17, 23, 12, 10, 11, 27DET vs CHI · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 22, 25, 24, 15, 18, 15, 22, 27DAL @ DEN · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 22, 2, 10, 5, 9, 23, 16, 26CHI @ DET · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 6 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+6.1 21.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
LeBron JamesMIA+5.2 32.6 last 10 · 27.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA+4.7 25.9 last 10 · 21.2 season
Matt BarnesLAC+4.7 13.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Trevor ArizaWAS+4.5 19.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsDET−5.9 10.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jeremy LinHOU−5.4 6.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Evan TurnerIND−5.1 11.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Glen DavisLAC−4.6 6.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jameer NelsonORL−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season