FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 11, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by POR (vs HOU) and MIL (vs ORL).

Final
SAC113
CHA106
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +7
Final · OT
CHI104
PHI95
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +9
Final
MEM92
BOS95
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +3
Final
BKN98
MIA104
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +6
Final
ORL91
MIL97
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +6
Final
LAC120
OKC108
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +12
Final
ATL102
DEN115
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIN97
PHX106
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +9
Final
DET98
GSW105
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +7
Final
HOU100
POR105
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +5
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 11, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs HOU), 42 points.
The lead · HOU @ POR

Portland gets past Houston

105–100, with Portland ahead 54–53 at halftime. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+1+6+5POR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU29242126100
POR26282625105
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 14, 11, 29, 26, 29, 17, 21, 26POR26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 17, 15, 9, 2, 20, 15, 17, 18POR18 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 20, 6, 8, 8, 5, 15, 24, 23HOU23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 31, 21, 15, 33, 18, 38, 28, 18HOU18 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · ORL @ MIL

Milwaukee takes care of Orlando

A 6-point win, 97–91. Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 30 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MEM3POR over HOU5MIA over BKN6MIL over ORL6SAC over CHA7GSW over DET7CHI over PHI9PHX over MIN9LAC over OKC12DEN over ATL13Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over ORL.
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
8.1Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg37.3Today

37 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul 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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 22, 19, 28, 26, 36, 14, 2, 33LAC @ OKC · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 6, 14, 22, 6, 4, 22, 15, 31CHI @ PHI · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 19, 10, 18, 20, 14, 30, 17, 30MIL vs ORL · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 18, 11, 22, 16, 25, 28, 34, 28MIA vs BKN · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 25, 4, 20, 21, 18, 23, 13, 27CHI @ PHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 25, 20, 7, 17, 16, 21, 25, 27GSW vs DET · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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+7.1 17.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mo WilliamsCHA+6.9 21.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+6.6 19.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Rodney StuckeyIND+6.3 19.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.0 33.3 last 10 · 27.3 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN−5.5 10.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Arron AfflaloPOR−5.2 8.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Donald SloanIND−4.9 3.7 last 10 · 8.6 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.8 12.5 last 10 · 17.3 season