FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 28, 2014Regular season · 12 games
← Mar 27CalendarMar 29 →

12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CHA by 14 after the first quarter and won 110–105.

Final · OT
CHA105
ORL110
Q1 ORL -14; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +5
Final
BOS103
TOR105
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +2
Final
IND78
WAS91
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +13
Final
CLE97
BKN108
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +11
Final
MIA110
DET78
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +32; Q4 MIA +32
Final
POR91
CHI74
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +17
Final
LAL107
MIN143
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +31; Q3 MIN +34; Q4 MIN +36
Final
UTA95
NOP102
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +7
Final
SAC81
OKC94
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +31; Q4 OKC +13
Final
SAS133
DEN102
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +31
Final
NYK88
PHX112
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +24
Final
MEM93
GSW100
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +7
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 28, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC @ PHX), 34 points.
The lead · CHA @ ORL

Orlando needs overtime to survive Charlotte

Tied 97–97 after regulation. Orlando won the final period 13–8 for a 110–105 win. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 24 points, 23 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-9-70+5ORL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA302031168105
ORL1625332313110
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 20, 8, 15, 8, 16, 4, 22, 24ORL24 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 24, 18, 4, 20, 18, 18, 10, 17ORL17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Josh McRobertsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 6, 9, 5, 8, 6, 11, 12, 24CHA24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 7, 21, 20, 7, 26, 22, 20, 24CHA24 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.1Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 3.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg45.7Today

46 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Minnesota by 36.

TOR over BOS2ORL over CHA5NOP over UTA7GSW over MEM7BKN over CLE11WAS over IND13OKC over SAC13POR over CHI17PHX over NYK24SAS over DEN31MIA over DET32MIN over LAL36Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 33

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 10, 13, 27, 37, 23, 31, 20, 33GSW vs MEM · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 19, 13, 18, 20, 18, 19, 25, 32PHX vs NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 17, 29, 31, 33, 21, 13, 20, 30TOR vs BOS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 42, 29, 30, 35, 35, 51, 27, 43, 29OKC vs SAC · W
32.2 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 12, 12, 10, 17, 15, 9, 7, 27SAS @ DEN · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 1, 20, 16, 17, 17, 17, 14, 8, 26MIN vs LAL · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 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+6.7 20.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kenneth FariedDEN+5.9 18.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.7 27.0 last 10 · 21.3 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+5.3 17.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Amar'e StoudemireNYK+5.2 16.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.6 6.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Glen DavisLAC−6.7 3.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jeremy LambOKC−4.6 4.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jordan CrawfordGSW−4.2 6.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Brandon JenningsDET−4.0 11.9 last 10 · 15.9 season