FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 7, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 14 at halftime and won 114–109.

Final
MEM89
NOP95
Q1 NOP -7; Q2 NOP -12; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +6
Final
PHX79
CLE89
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +28; Q4 CLE +10
Final · OT
SAC109
MIA114
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -14; Q3 MIA -10; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +5
Final
IND92
NYK86
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND -5; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +6
Final
ATL84
PHI92
Q1 PHI -11; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +8
Final
POR113
MIN121
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +8
Final
WAS85
MIL91
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +6
Final
HOU114
DEN100
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +14
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 7, 2014: 11 games. Top scorer: Kenneth Faried (DEN vs LAL), 32 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIA

Miami needs overtime to survive Sacramento

Tied 96–96 after regulation. Miami won the final period 18–13 for a 114–109 win. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.Final0-4-14-100+5MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC3031171813109
MIA2621212818114
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 19, 18, 18, 11, 22, 16, 25, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tyler JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 0, 3, 14, 0, 2, 26, 1, 11, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 28, 31, 21, 16, 22, 14, 29, 27SAC27 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 15, 28, 16, 24, 25, 10, 39, 27SAC27 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg1.7Last 3

1.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · MEM @ NOP

New Orleans rallies from 12 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 12 at the half, New Orleans outscored the Grizzlies 57–39 the rest of the way. Final: 95–89. Tyreke Evans led New Orleans with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NOP vs MEM
Tyreke Evans · NOPJeff Green · MEMPTS2620REB34AST73Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 32

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 19, 18, 18, 29, 31, 5, 14, 32POR @ MIN · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 19, 17, 19, 10, 18, 20, 14, 30MIL vs WAS · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 21, 28, 21, 28, 18, 13, 9, 29MIN vs POR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 20, 31, 21, 15, 33, 18, 38, 28HOU @ DEN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 19, 18, 18, 11, 22, 16, 25, 28MIA vs SAC · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 28, 31, 21, 16, 22, 14, 29, 27SAC @ MIA · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 REB · 3 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
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.8 16.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+5.6 14.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.5 32.9 last 10 · 27.4 season
Mo WilliamsCHA+5.4 19.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.3 17.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.5 8.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Monta EllisDAL−5.2 13.8 last 10 · 19.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.5 12.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Donald SloanIND−4.0 4.8 last 10 · 8.8 season