FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 22, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 91–81.

Final
POR94
CHA124
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +23; Q3 CHA +25; Q4 CHA +30
Final
HOU118
CLE111
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +7
Final
PHI81
CHI91
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +10
Final
IND71
MEM82
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +11
Final
MIA95
NOP105
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +10
Final
ORL88
UTA89
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +1
Final
SAS99
GSW90
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DET103
LAC112
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +9
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 22, 2013: 11 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ TOR), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ CHI

Philadelphia's skid reaches 24

Chicago won 91–81; the 76ers fall to 15–55. Joakim Noah led Chicago with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+3+6+10CHI AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2513212281
CHI2021242691
Who led
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 20, 13, 13, 23, 9, 14, 12, 20CHI20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 16, 23, 11, 5, 13, 16, 17, 17CHI17 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 18, 16, 25, 20, 23, 24, 21, 28PHI28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Henry SimsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 10, 20, 6, 4, 9, 4, 16, 18PHI18 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Charlotte posts the night's biggest win

Charlotte beat Portland by 30, the widest margin of 8 games.

UTA over ORL1HOU over CLE7SAS over GSW9LAC over DET9CHI over PHI10NOP over MIA10MEM over IND11CHA over POR30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
21.6Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 68 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 37

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 28, 41, 28, 8, 30, 15, 28, 37HOU @ CLE · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 28, 29, 32, 29, 36, 40, 34, 30NOP vs MIA · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 13, 19, 17, 16, 18, 16, 29, 28LAC vs DET · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 17, 26, 26, 25, 20, 16, 18, 28CHA vs POR · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 18, 16, 25, 20, 23, 24, 21, 28PHI @ CHI · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 19, 8, 10, 18, 15, 17, 30, 26CLE vs HOU · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Tyreke EvansNOP+7.9 21.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+7.4 19.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Anthony DavisNOP+6.2 27.9 last 10 · 21.7 season
Matt BarnesLAC+5.5 14.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.3 16.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−7.3 8.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Glen DavisLAC−7.1 3.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Paul GeorgeIND−5.1 16.8 last 10 · 21.9 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.8 4.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.6 11.4 last 10 · 16.0 season