FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 29, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed UTA by 6 after the first quarter and won 100–95.

Final
IND96
CLE100
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
PHI108
WAS116
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +8
Final
UTA95
BOS100
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +5
Final
HOU121
MIL128
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +7
Final
MEM103
DEN96
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +7
Final
OKC131
SAC116
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +15
Final
BKN95
LAC105
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +10
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 · UTA @ BOS

Utah's skid reaches three

Boston won 100–95; the Jazz fall to 28–31. Jae Crowder led Boston with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-3-1+5BOS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2917272295
BOS23202928100
Who led
Jae CrowderPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 18, 19, 17, 13, 27, 20, 14, 22BOS22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 15, 36, 25, 22, 18, 27, 12, 18BOS18 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Trey LylesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 0, 4, 2, 0, 8, 0, 2, 18UTA18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Shelvin MackPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 4, 9, 0, 16, 17, 8, 6, 18UTA18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg5.5Last 3

5.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: OKC by 15.

CLE over IND4BOS over UTA5MIL over HOU7MEM over DEN7WAS over PHI8LAC over BKN10OKC over SAC15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

John Wall leads the day with 37

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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 17, 22, 12, 16, 16, 23, 21, 37WAS vs PHI · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 10, 17, 23, 28, 15, 22, 13, 36MIL vs HOU · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 31, 14, 28, 37, 39, 22, 26, 35SAC vs OKC · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 21, 29, 25, 25, 12, 23, 25, 33CLE vs IND · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 17, 16, 28, 15, 13, 19, 11, 30HOU @ MIL · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 20, 27, 20, 12, 18, 21, 26, 30MIL vs HOU · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 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
Doug McDermottCHI+6.3 15.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Damian LillardPOR+6.0 31.4 last 10 · 25.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 36.7 last 10 · 30.7 season
Archie GoodwinPHX+5.6 15.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+5.5 18.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Luis ScolaTOR−4.2 4.6 last 10 · 8.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA−3.8 8.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Gerald GreenMIA−3.8 5.7 last 10 · 9.5 season