FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 5, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed OKC by 12 after the first quarter and won 108–105.

Final
OKC105
CHI108
Q1 CHI -12; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +3
Final
DAL75
POR94
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +19
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 · 2013–14Mar 5, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (CHA vs IND), 34 points.
The lead · OKC @ CHI

Chicago fights back from 12 down against OKC

Final: 108–105, after trailing by 12 after one. Nikola Mirotic led Chicago with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist. Russell Westbrook scored 43 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-12-2-7+3CHI AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC30202926105
CHI18302436108
Who led
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 3, 8, 16, 6, 8, 29, 23, 26CHI26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 12, 22, 15, 25, 4, 20, 21CHI21 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 34, 33, 21, 20, 39, 40, 49, 43OKC43 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 16, 20, 23, 13, 14, 18, 2, 25OKC25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DAL @ POR

Portland extends win streak to 5

94–75 over Dallas. Record: 41–19. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · POR
L@ DAL101–111W@ HOU109–98Wvs LAL102–86L@ UTA76–92Lvs MEM92–98Wvs SAS111–95Wvs OKC115–112W@ SAC110–99W@ LAC98–93Wvs DAL94–75POR: last 10 games through Mar 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.0Season avg38.2Last 5

38.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.0 in 46 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 59 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 43

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 34, 33, 21, 20, 39, 40, 49, 43OKC @ CHI · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: De'Aaron Fox SAC, Nov 17, 2023: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
43 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 3, 8, 16, 6, 8, 29, 23, 26CHI vs OKC · W
8.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 16, 20, 23, 13, 14, 18, 2, 25OKC @ CHI · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 18, 12, 22, 15, 25, 4, 20, 21CHI vs OKC · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 0, 15, 4, 0, 21, 3, 5, 21CHI vs OKC · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
E'Twaun MoorePoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 2, 5, 0, 1, 0, 2, 19CHI vs OKC · W
2.5 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high19 PTS · 4 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
Jordan ClarksonLAL+5.6 14.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.5 32.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+5.1 15.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
PJ TuckerPHX+4.8 13.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
DeAndre JordanLAC+4.5 15.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Kyle LowryTOR−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Monta EllisDAL−6.0 13.2 last 10 · 19.2 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.1 8.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.7 7.3 last 10 · 12.0 season