FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 27, 2014Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 108–105.

Final
POR100
ATL85
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +15
Final
PHI98
HOU120
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +22
Final
LAL105
MIL108
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +3
Final
LAC109
DAL103
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +6
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 27, 2013: 14 games. Top scorer: JR Smith (NYK vs MEM), 35 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIL

Brandon Knight scores 30, Milwaukee holds off Lakers

Final: 108–105. Brandon Knight added 0 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-4+2+7+3MIL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL30232725105
MIL26293221108
Who led
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 20, 14, 21, 24, 27, 6, 9, 30MIL30 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 7, 14, 18, 23, 18, 13, 28, 22MIL22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 11, 2, 0, 0, 9, 28, 9, 28LAL28 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 21, 24, 6, 10, 21, 26, 20, 17LAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 72 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAC @ DAL

Clippers top Dallas in Dallas

Final: 109–103. Chris Paul led Clippers with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over LAL3LAC over DAL6POR over ATL15HOU over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over DAL.
Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 31

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 16, 18, 16, 29, 28, 14, 2, 31LAC @ DAL · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
James AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 17, 17, 11, 4, 8, 7, 10, 30PHI @ HOU · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 20, 14, 21, 24, 27, 6, 9, 30MIL vs LAL · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 11, 2, 0, 0, 9, 28, 9, 28LAL @ MIL · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 41, 28, 8, 30, 15, 28, 37, 31, 26HOU vs PHI · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shareef Abdur-Rahim VAN, Apr 19, 1997: 26 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
26 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 16, 21, 10, 30, 28, 19, 14, 25POR @ ATL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 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
Anthony DavisNOP+8.1 29.8 last 10 · 21.7 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+7.0 20.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.6 18.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+5.3 17.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.2 16.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.6 6.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.7 3.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.2 3.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−4.0 5.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Carlos BoozerCHI−3.6 10.2 last 10 · 13.8 season