FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 27, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by GSW (vs OKC) and MIN (vs NOP).

Final
MIA89
BOS101
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +12
Final
MIN112
NOP110
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -11; Q3 MIN -10; Q4 MIN +2
Final
POR103
CHI95
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAS104
HOU94
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +10
Final
DET102
MIL91
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +11
Final · OT
GSW121
OKC118
Q1 GSW -10; Q2 GSW -11; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +3
Final
MEM106
PHX111
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +5
Final
BKN98
UTA96
Q1 BKN -2; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +2
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 · 2014–15Feb 27, 2015: 14 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ POR), 40 points.
The lead · MIN @ NOP

Karl-Anthony Towns scores 30, Minnesota rallies past New Orleans

Minnesota trailed by 11 at the half and won 112–110.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-1-11-10+2MIN AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN25203136112
NOP26303024110
Who led
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 26, 19, 35, 11, 24, 28, 16, 30MIN30 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 13, 12, 13, 22, 14, 16, 7, 25MIN25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 26, 7, 4, 26, 6, 16, 26, 31NOP31 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 8, 7, 14, 24, 10, 10, 11, 31NOP31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Boston by 12.

MIN over NOP2BKN over UTA2GSW over OKC3PHX over MEM5POR over CHI8SAS over HOU10DET over MIL11BOS over MIA12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg7.6Last 3

7.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 46

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 51, 26, 35, 26, 31, 23, 36, 42, 51, 46GSW @ OKC · W
30.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Donovan Mitchell UTA, Mar 2, 2019: 46 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
46 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 37, 40, 32, 23, 31, 26, 24, 32, 37OKC vs GSW · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 13, 24, 23, 32, 27, 33, 9, 32GSW @ OKC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 26, 7, 4, 26, 6, 16, 26, 31NOP vs MIN · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 21, 33, 31, 51, 30, 34, 23, 31POR @ CHI · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 8, 7, 14, 24, 10, 10, 11, 31NOP vs MIN · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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
Doug McDermottCHI+6.3 15.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 36.7 last 10 · 30.7 season
Archie GoodwinPHX+5.6 15.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
E'Twaun MooreCHI+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.3 22.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Jeremy LambCHA−4.1 6.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Luis ScolaTOR−4.0 5.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.8 5.7 last 10 · 9.5 season
Terrence JonesHOU−3.8 5.1 last 10 · 8.9 season