FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 22, 2015Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed POR by 13 after three quarters and won 98–92.

Final
CLE101
NYK83
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +24; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +18
Final
WAS89
DET106
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +17
Final
ATL97
MIL86
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +11
Final
GSW98
IND104
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +6
Final
PHI98
ORL103
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +5
Final
DEN94
OKC119
Q1 OKC +18; Q2 OKC +25; Q3 OKC +29; Q4 OKC +25
Final
CHA81
DAL92
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +11
Final
MEM98
POR92
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -13; Q4 MEM +6
Final · OT
BOS111
LAL118
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 · 2013–14Feb 22, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ UTA), 37 points.
The lead · MEM @ POR

Memphis climbs out of a 13-point hole against Portland

Down 13 after three, the Grizzlies won the fourth quarter 34–15 and the game 98–92. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-20-13+6MEM AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM1919263498
POR2117391592
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 15, 15, 23, 15, 16, 14, 8, 21MEM21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 7, 6, 2, 14, 6, 15, 0, 19MEM19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 19, 25, 13, 26, 23, 15, 19, 18POR18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 5, 10, 20, 2, 5, 7, 8, 17POR17 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: OKC by 25.

ORL over PHI5IND over GSW6MEM over POR6LAL over BOS7ATL over MIL11DAL over CHA11DET over WAS17CLE over NYK18OKC over DEN25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 56 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 21.1 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 39

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 14, 18, 29, 16, 13, 14, 20, 39GSW @ IND · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 20, 25, 25, 14, 14, 28, 18, 31ORL vs PHI · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 2, 8, 2, 15, 18, 16, 30, 30IND vs GSW · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 4, 28, 18, 3, 9, 15, 5, 20, 12, 26DET vs WAS · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 4, 11, 14, 11, 7, 2, 18, 25LAL vs BOS · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 4, 14, 8, 11, 14, 9, 8, 24WAS @ DET · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 10 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
D.J. AugustinOKC+6.3 16.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+5.6 14.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.3 15.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Rodney StuckeyIND+4.1 16.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Gerald GreenPHX−5.7 6.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Kyle LowryTOR−5.5 12.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−5.0 16.1 last 10 · 21.1 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.8 3.5 last 10 · 8.3 season