FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 23, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed UTA by 6 at halftime and won 106–104.

Final
HOU110
IND100
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +10
Final
BOS110
BKN91
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +19
Final
MEM103
NYK82
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +21
Final
CHA86
CHI98
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +12
Final · OT
MIN106
UTA104
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +2
Final
WAS76
GSW107
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +31
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 23, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN vs PHX), 36 points.
The lead · MIN @ UTA

Minnesota flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Utah led 48–42 at the break. Tied 96–96 after regulation, Minnesota won the extra time 10–8. Final: 106–104. Zach LaVine led Minnesota with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-6-30+2MIN AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN2022183610106
UTA222615338104
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 8, 9, 18, 20, 5, 20, 11, 27MIN27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 10, 19, 13, 13, 15, 20, 13, 22MIN22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 29, 10, 26, 10, 16, 14, 21, 19UTA19 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 10, 19, 10, 9, 9, 3, 5, 18UTA18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Washington by 31, the widest margin of 6 games.

MIN over UTA2HOU over IND10CHI over CHA12BOS over BKN19MEM over NYK21GSW over WAS31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg9.1Last 3

9.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 44

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 28, 18, 15, 34, 17, 50, 16, 44HOU @ IND · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Isaiah Thomas BOS, Feb 1, 2017: 44 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
44 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 15, 15, 10, 16, 10, 32, 26, 31BKN vs BOS · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 8, 6, 10, 5, 15, 18, 16, 29CHA @ CHI · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 18, 16, 15, 27, 25, 29, 8, 28CHI vs CHA · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 13, 27, 18, 20, 19, 11, 27, 27CHI vs CHA · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 8, 9, 18, 20, 5, 20, 11, 27MIN @ UTA · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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+7.6 19.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
JJ RedickLAC+6.5 22.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+5.8 18.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.7 14.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Isaiah ThomasBOS+5.1 21.4 last 10 · 16.3 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−4.3 11.2 last 10 · 15.5 season