FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 9, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by HOU (vs PHI) and CLE (vs SAC).

Final
MEM96
BOS116
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +20
Final
NOP113
CHA122
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +9
Final
HOU118
PHI104
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +14
Final
MIA108
MIL114
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +6
Final
DET102
DAL96
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +6
Final
NYK128
PHX97
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +20; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +31
Final
LAC108
OKC120
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +12
Final
CLE120
SAC111
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +9
Final
UTA94
GSW115
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +21
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 9, 2015: 8 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ MIL), 43 points.
The lead · CLE @ SAC

Kyrie Irving scores 30 as Cleveland wins in Sacramento

Final: 120–111. Kyrie Irving made 11 of 22 shots from the field.

Game flow · CLE 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+3-6+5+9CLE AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE28263531120
SAC25352427111
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 2, 30, 23, 10, 28, 22, 21, 20, 27, 30CLE30 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 12, 23, 25, 33, 19, 28, 28, 25CLE25 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 39, 22, 26, 35, 18, 22, 31, 40, 29SAC29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 24, 16, 11, 23, 9, 9, 18, 19SAC19 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · HOU @ PHI

Philadelphia's skid reaches thirteen

Houston won 118–104; the 76ers fall to 8–56. James Harden led Houston with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
L@ DAL103–129Lvs ORL115–124L@ DET91–111Lvs WAS94–103L@ ORL116–130L@ WAS108–116Lvs CHA99–119Lvs MIA102–112L@ MIA98–103Lvs HOU104–118PHI: last 10 games through Mar 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.4Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
21.02014–15 avg6.6Last 2

6.6 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.0 in 2014–15 (24 games). Today: 8 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg37.5Today

37 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 59, 9, 30, 12, 17, 29, 31, 40NOP @ CHA · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Jun 19, 2021: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 20, 22, 20, 13, 13, 22, 20, 38NOP @ CHA · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 20, 22, 9, 26, 30, 33, 34, 35CHA vs NOP · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 5, 12, 15, 13, 34, 14, 27, 32PHX vs NYK · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 24, 32, 37, 27, 30, 32, 32, 30OKC vs LAC · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 2, 30, 23, 10, 28, 22, 21, 20, 27, 30CLE @ SAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 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
Alex LenPHX+8.5 17.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+8.3 21.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+6.1 19.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.7 31.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
James HardenHOU+5.6 34.6 last 10 · 29.0 season
Cold
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Allen CrabbePOR−4.2 6.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 7.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.1 5.2 last 10 · 9.3 season
Otto Porter Jr.WAS−3.7 7.7 last 10 · 11.4 season