FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 29, 2015Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed PHX by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–97.

Final
HOU99
WAS91
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +8
Final
LAL99
BKN107
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +8
Final
MIN88
NOP110
Q1 NOP +14; Q2 NOP +9; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +22
Final
PHI86
CLE87
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +1
Final
LAC119
BOS106
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +21; Q3 LAC +26; Q4 LAC +13
Final
DET102
MIA109
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +7
Final
DAL99
IND104
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +5
Final
MEM89
SAS103
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +14
Final
OKC109
PHX97
Q1 OKC -11; Q2 OKC -8; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +12
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 29, 2014: 6 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs LAC), 32 points.
The lead · OKC @ PHX

Russell Westbrook scores 33, OKC rallies past Phoenix

OKC trailed by 11 after one and won 109–97.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-8-3+12OKC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC24302233109
PHX3527171897
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 24, 36, 36, 12, 27, 16, 37, 33OKC33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 6, 10, 2, 3, 7, 6, 6, 19OKC19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 24, 22, 14, 17, 17, 19, 24, 15, 24PHX24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 17, 2, 6, 6, 4, 8, 4, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: New Orleans by 22.

CLE over PHI1IND over DAL5MIA over DET7HOU over WAS8BKN over LAL8OKC over PHX12LAC over BOS13SAS over MEM14NOP over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg36.1Today

36 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 40

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 25, 32, 32, 22, 12, 21, 13, 40MIA vs DET · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Dickerson VAN, Feb 10, 2000: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 24, 36, 36, 12, 27, 16, 37, 33OKC @ PHX · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 4, 16, 9, 14, 18, 21, 16, 32DET @ MIA · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 10, 23, 11, 22, 17, 28, 26, 31DET @ MIA · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 16, 10, 32, 26, 31, 34, 20, 30BKN vs LAL · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 43, 15, 36, 20, 26, 24, 24, 28NOP vs MIN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 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+7.0 15.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jameer NelsonDEN+6.8 15.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Randy FoyeDEN+6.4 14.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nerlens NoelPHI+6.1 16.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.9 17.0 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
Nick YoungLAL−3.9 9.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.9 14.0 last 10 · 17.9 season