FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 9, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS95
CHA69
Q1 WAS +15; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +26
Final
SAC105
ATL130
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +22; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +25
Final
BOS100
MIA90
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +10
Final
MEM101
CHI91
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +10
Final
NOP114
MIL103
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +11
Final
NYK78
DEN106
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +32; Q4 DEN +28
Final
GSW98
PHX80
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +18
Final
MIN76
LAC89
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
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 9, 2014: 9 games. Top scorer: Jodie Meeks (LAL vs OKC), 42 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIA

Boston beats Miami, 100–90

Boston led 73–64 after three and won by 10. Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 25 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+3+9+10BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS24193027100
MIA1921242690
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 19, 28, 20, 11, 21, 27, 21, 25BOS25 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 8, 8, 15, 15, 7, 17, 19, 14BOS14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 18, 18, 11, 22, 16, 25, 28, 34MIA34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 7 games: 7, 9, 12, 4, 13, 18, 14MIA14 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ CHI

Memphis handles Chicago by 10

The Grizzlies won the third quarter 32–26. Final: 101–91. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIA10MEM over CHI10NOP over MIL11LAC over MIN13GSW over PHX18ATL over SAC25WAS over CHA26DEN over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 64 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg37.8Today

38 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 41, 8, 13, 6, 39, 29, 23, 43NOP @ MIL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Gilbert Arenas WAS, Feb 7, 2005: 43 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Ties career high43 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 18, 22, 37, 26, 19, 22, 12, 36GSW @ PHX · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 18, 18, 11, 22, 16, 25, 28, 34MIA vs BOS · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 11, 5, 13, 8, 19, 16, 5, 29MIL vs NOP · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 8, 15, 18, 12, 18, 26, 18, 26LAC vs MIN · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 15, 7, 8, 16, 11, 16, 12, 25MIL vs NOP · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 7 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
Mo WilliamsCHA+7.4 21.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.7 16.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+5.9 33.3 last 10 · 27.4 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.5 8.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.7 12.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.5 11.5 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.2 3.6 last 10 · 7.8 season