FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 21, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 12 at halftime and won 107–91.

Final
BKN123
IND111
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +1; Q4 BKN +12
Final
CHI91
DET107
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET -12; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +16
Final
PHX117
HOU102
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +15
Final
POR86
MEM97
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +11
Final
UTA91
GSW106
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +15
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 21, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ TOR), 51 points.
The lead · CHI @ DET

Detroit climbs out of a 12-point hole against Chicago

Down 12 at the half, the Pistons won the third quarter 36–23 and the game 107–91. Reggie Jackson led Detroit with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-12+1+16DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2036231291
DET30143627107
Who led
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 25, 2, 14, 11, 10, 23, 11, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 0, 2, 4, 11, 2, 3, 7, 20DET20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 23, 13, 27, 18, 20, 19, 11, 27CHI27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 22, 15, 31, 24, 11, 13, 11, 19CHI19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · PHX @ HOU

Phoenix beats Houston, 117–102

Phoenix led 99–86 after three and won by 15. Eric Bledsoe led Phoenix with 34 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over POR11BKN over IND12PHX over HOU15GSW over UTA15DET over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over HOU.
Top performances

Eric Bledsoe leads the day with 34

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.
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 19, 7, 19, 18, 21, 21, 5, 34PHX @ HOU · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 23, 13, 27, 18, 20, 19, 11, 27CHI @ DET · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 32, 14, 28, 23, 14, 17, 18, 27POR @ MEM · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 19, 15, 15, 10, 16, 10, 32, 26BKN @ IND · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 12, 36, 9, 25, 19, 16, 16, 24GSW vs UTA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 19, 11, 8, 15, 6, 21, 15, 23MEM vs POR · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.9 34.7 last 10 · 27.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+6.4 19.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
JJ RedickLAC+6.3 22.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Danilo GallinariDEN+6.3 17.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Donald SloanIND−7.5 0.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
KJ McDanielsHOU−5.1 3.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Jared DudleyMIL−4.3 3.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN−4.0 11.7 last 10 · 15.7 season