FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 27, 2015Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed LAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 94–83.

Final
DET111
ORL97
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +14
Final
LAC119
PHI98
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +26; Q4 LAC +21
Final · 2OT
CHA107
WAS110
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS +3
Final
MIA86
ATL99
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +22; Q4 ATL +13
Final
CLE98
BKN106
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN +8
Final
BOS96
NYK92
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +4
Final
LAL83
TOR94
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +11
Final
MIN110
HOU120
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +10
Final
GSW107
MEM84
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +23
Final
SAC88
NOP102
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +14
Final
DAL76
SAS94
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +18
Final
UTA91
DEN107
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +16
Final
POR87
PHX81
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +6
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 27, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC @ DAL), 31 points.
The lead · LAL @ TOR

Toronto handles Lakers by 11

The Raptors won the second quarter 29–24. Final: 94–83. Jonas Valanciunas led Toronto with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2+5+11TOR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2424181783
TOR1729252394
Who led
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 14, 14, 15, 5, 17, 12, 8, 19TOR19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 11, 24, 8, 7, 13, 19, 18, 18TOR18 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 14, 7, 15, 2, 29, 19, 19, 18LAL18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 11, 10, 17, 8, 8, 30, 20, 14LAL14 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 60 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg1.3Last 3

1.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · POR @ PHX

Portland takes care of Phoenix

A 6-point win, 87–81. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over CHA3BOS over NYK4POR over PHX6BKN over CLE8HOU over MIN10TOR over LAL11ATL over MIA13DET over ORL14NOP over SAC14DEN over UTA16SAS over DAL18LAC over PHI21GSW over MEM23Final margin, points. Pink = POR over PHX.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 39

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 20, 39, 30, 20, 20, 33, 24, 39SAC @ NOP · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 9, 25, 19, 16, 16, 24, 24, 33, 38GSW @ MEM · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 15, 34, 17, 50, 16, 44, 25, 33HOU vs MIN · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 31, 21, 24, 19, 9, 11, 34, 32WAS vs CHA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 9, 10, 21, 17, 18, 3, 23, 31CHA @ WAS · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 13, 13, 15, 20, 13, 22, 27, 31MIN @ HOU · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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
Zach LaVineMIN+6.2 14.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Nerlens NoelPHI+6.1 16.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Aaron BrooksCHI+6.0 17.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+5.8 14.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.7 16.8 last 10 · 11.1 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−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−5.1 12.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Blake GriffinLAC−4.5 17.3 last 10 · 21.8 season