FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 18, 2016Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
UTA89
WAS103
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +14
Final
CHI95
CLE106
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +11
Final
SAS86
LAC105
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +19
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CHI @ CLE

Cleveland makes it four straight

Cleveland beat Chicago 106–95 and moved to 39–14. LeBron James led Cleveland with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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+6+14+11CLE AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1923223195
CLE26223028106
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 29, 24, 23, 30, 27, 21, 29, 25CLE25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 28, 21, 25, 26, 19, 29, 32, 35, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 16, 20, 14, 21, 30, 18, 14, 28CHI28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 21, 15, 19, 16, 25, 22, 20, 14CHI14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · UTA @ WAS

Washington leads Utah wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 103–89. Best quarter: the first, 28–23. Marcin Gortat led Washington with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over CHI11WAS over UTA14LAC over SAS19Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg27.8Today

28 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 28

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: 26, 11, 27, 19, 22, 21, 22, 19, 35, 28LAC vs SAS · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 16, 20, 14, 21, 30, 18, 14, 28CHI @ CLE · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 29, 24, 23, 30, 27, 21, 29, 25CLE vs CHI · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 13, 17, 9, 21, 11, 14, 14, 22WAS vs UTA · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 15, 26, 21, 20, 20, 23, 18, 19LAC vs SAS · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 12, 27, 16, 18, 22, 20, 21, 19UTA @ WAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
Archie GoodwinPHX+7.3 16.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.0 16.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.9 20.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
O.J. MayoMIL−3.8 4.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−3.7 11.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Blake GriffinLAC−3.2 20.0 last 10 · 23.2 season