FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 16, 2014Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed POR by 11 at halftime and won 113–112.

Final
CHA101
MIL92
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +9
Final
PHX121
TOR113
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
HOU104
MIA113
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +9
Final · OT
BOS120
NOP121
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP -7; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +1
Final
SAC102
MIN104
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +2
Final
DAL109
OKC86
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +23
Final
UTA104
SAS122
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +18
Final
GSW113
POR112
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -11; Q3 GSW -8; Q4 GSW +1
Final
CLE80
LAC102
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +22
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 16, 2013: 6 games. Top scorer: Martell Webster (WAS vs PHX), 34 points.
The lead · GSW @ POR

Stephen Curry scores 37, Golden State rallies past Portland

Golden State trailed by 11 at the half and won 113–112.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-1-11-8+1GSW AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW23213336113
POR24313027112
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 19, 14, 13, 18, 10, 13, 27, 37GSW37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 25, 12, 25, 18, 6, 22, 14, 26, 27GSW27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 20, 12, 10, 21, 32, 23, 27, 26POR26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 17, 14, 9, 8, 15, 13, 22, 23POR23 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 66 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat OKC by 23.

NOP over BOS1GSW over POR1MIN over SAC2PHX over TOR8CHA over MIL9MIA over HOU9SAS over UTA18LAC over CLE22DAL over OKC23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 32, 8, 13, 28, 29, 32, 29, 36, 40NOP vs BOS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joel Embiid PHI, Dec 14, 2018: 40 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Career high40 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 27, 4, 15, 27, 12, 27, 9, 39BOS @ NOP · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 19, 14, 13, 18, 10, 13, 27, 37GSW @ POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 26, 22, 12, 24, 20, 26, 19, 31MIN vs SAC · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 28, 37, 28, 42, 34, 27, 42, 29, 30OKC vs DAL · L
31.8 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 43, 18, 20, 21, 31, 28, 41, 28, 8, 30HOU @ MIA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Kenneth FariedDEN+8.6 21.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Matt BarnesLAC+5.6 14.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+5.2 18.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA+4.5 25.9 last 10 · 21.4 season
Gerald GreenPHX+4.5 20.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Glen DavisLAC−7.5 3.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Evan TurnerIND−6.9 9.1 last 10 · 16.0 season
Brandon JenningsDET−5.4 11.0 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.9 4.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kendall MarshallLAL−4.8 3.6 last 10 · 8.4 season