FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 6, 2016Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed TOR by 10 at halftime and won 113–107.

Final
GSW95
LAL112
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +17
Final
OKC104
MIL96
Q1 OKC +20; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +5; Q4 OKC +8
Final
PHX109
MEM100
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +9
Final · OT
DAL114
DEN116
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
POR103
DET123
Q1 DET +14; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +20
Final
PHI98
MIA103
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +5
Final
HOU113
TOR107
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU -8; Q4 HOU +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 · 2014–15Mar 6, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: Rudy Gay (SAC @ ORL), 39 points.
The lead · HOU @ TOR

James Harden scores 40 as Houston beats Toronto

Houston won 113–107. James Harden: 40 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-4-10-8+6HOU AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU26252636113
TOR30312422107
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 27, 42, 46, 27, 26, 39, 36, 40HOU40 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 2, 2, 10, 15, 0, 9, 12, 23HOU23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 7, 4, 6, 2, 1, 4, 0, 21TOR21 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 21, 22, 31, 6, 20, 31, 38, 19TOR19 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · PHX @ MEM

Phoenix upsets Memphis

Phoenix (16–46) beat Memphis (37–24) 109–100. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over DAL2MIA over PHI5HOU over TOR6OKC over MIL8PHX over MEM9LAL over GSW17DET over POR20Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 27, 42, 46, 27, 26, 39, 36, 40HOU @ TOR · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Baron Davis GSW, Apr 5, 2005: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 26, 24, 32, 37, 27, 30, 32, 32OKC @ MIL · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 34, 23, 17, 22, 19, 11, 8, 30DET vs POR · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 11, 18, 33, 20, 10, 19, 16, 30DAL @ DEN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 10, 5, 12, 15, 13, 34, 14, 27PHX @ MEM · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 19, 27, 14, 8, 18, 22, 27, 26MIL vs OKC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ben Simmons PHI, Feb 11, 2020: 26 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
26 PTS · 12 REB · 10 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
Alex LenPHX+8.5 17.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+8.4 21.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+7.1 20.7 last 10 · 13.6 season
Damian LillardPOR+7.0 32.8 last 10 · 25.8 season
James HardenHOU+6.4 35.4 last 10 · 29.0 season
Cold
Trey BurkeUTA−5.7 5.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.1 5.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Allen CrabbePOR−4.1 6.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET−3.4 10.8 last 10 · 14.2 season