FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 13, 2014Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIL by 7 after the first quarter and won 102–97.

Final
HOU87
CHI111
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +24
Final
MIL97
ATL102
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
LAL102
OKC131
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +24; Q4 OKC +29
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 13, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ ATL), 31 points.
The lead · MIL @ ATL

Atlanta takes care of Milwaukee

A 5-point win, 102–97. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-6+1+5ATL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3023143097
ATL23242134102
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 26, 26, 29, 10, 9, 9, 14, 22ATL22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 17, 7, 21, 23, 16, 14, 23, 17ATL17 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 20, 9, 11, 31, 9, 13, 16, 22MIL22 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 14, 11, 25, 15, 25, 24, 21, 20MIL20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · HOU @ CHI

Chicago leads Houston wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 111–87. Best quarter: the third, 35–16. Mike Dunleavy led Chicago with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over MIL5CHI over HOU24OKC over LAL29Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 64 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg24.1Today

24 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 29

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 24, 21, 26, 13, 36, 20, 24, 29OKC vs LAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 42, 28, 37, 28, 42, 34, 27, 42, 29OKC vs LAL · W
31.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 20, 9, 11, 31, 9, 13, 16, 22MIL @ ATL · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 26, 26, 29, 10, 9, 9, 14, 22ATL vs MIL · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 16, 10, 8, 7, 5, 8, 7, 21CHI vs HOU · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 6, 4, 7, 2, 11, 26, 8, 21HOU @ CHI · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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
Matt BarnesLAC+7.0 16.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+6.2 18.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Gerald GreenPHX+5.5 21.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.5 15.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Jerryd BaylessBOS+4.3 13.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Glen DavisLAC−7.1 3.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Evan TurnerIND−6.9 9.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Brandon JenningsDET−6.3 10.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW−6.0 17.2 last 10 · 23.2 season
Kendall MarshallLAL−5.3 3.2 last 10 · 8.5 season