FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 14, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed MIN by 10 at halftime and won 107–104.

Final
DAL107
CHA96
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +11
Final
DEN119
MIA124
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +5
Final
CHI109
TOR107
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MEM81
HOU130
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +24; Q3 HOU +41; Q4 HOU +49
Final
POR94
OKC128
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +24; Q3 OKC +30; Q4 OKC +34
Final
DET81
WAS124
Q1 WAS +19; Q2 WAS +21; Q3 WAS +30; Q4 WAS +43
Final
MIN104
PHX107
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX -10; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +3
Final
NOP107
GSW125
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +18
Final
CLE85
UTA94
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +9
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 14, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: John Wall (WAS vs SAC), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ PHX

Phoenix climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 10 at the half. Phoenix won it 107–104. PJ Tucker led Phoenix with 23 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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+2-10-2+3PHX AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN25322126104
PHX27202931107
Who led
PJ TuckerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 3, 10, 7, 6, 4, 1, 6, 23PHX23 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 17, 11, 8, 18, 11, 5, 14, 21PHX21 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 10, 21, 20, 21, 19, 15, 9, 28MIN28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 15, 17, 10, 26, 25, 23, 20, 22MIN22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 60 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg6.5Last 3

6.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Houston by 49.

CHI over TOR2PHX over MIN3MIA over DEN5UTA over CLE9DAL over CHA11GSW over NOP18OKC over POR34WAS over DET43HOU over MEM49Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kyle Lowry leads the day with 33

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.
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 43, 32, 28, 17, 23, 19, 16, 33TOR vs CHI · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Doug McDermottPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 11, 11, 7, 4, 4, 10, 29CHI @ TOR · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 10, 21, 20, 21, 19, 15, 9, 28MIN @ PHX · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 11, 3, 8, 11, 16, 14, 12, 28UTA vs CLE · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 42, 51, 46, 33, 18, 41, 12, 34, 35, 27GSW vs NOP · W
30.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 6, 20, 31, 38, 19, 25, 30, 38, 27TOR vs CHI · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Devin BookerPHX+9.3 21.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Alex LenPHX+7.9 16.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+7.6 21.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+6.5 19.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Aaron GordonORL+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−4.7 4.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.1 6.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Will BartonDEN−3.6 11.2 last 10 · 14.8 season