FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 16, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed ORL by 4 after the first quarter and won 107–99.

Final
OKC130
BOS109
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +21
Final
ORL99
CHA107
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +8
Final
DAL98
CLE99
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +1
Final
CHI96
WAS117
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +21
Final
ATL118
DET114
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +4
Final
MIN114
MEM108
Q1 MIN +17; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +6
Final
LAC122
HOU106
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +22; Q4 LAC +16
Final
NOP123
SAC108
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +21; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +15
Final
NYK85
GSW121
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +33; Q4 GSW +36
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 16, 2015: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs CLE), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ CHA

Charlotte gets past Orlando

107–99, with Charlotte ahead 61–43 at halftime. Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+18+21+8CHA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3013282899
CHA26353115107
Who led
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 12, 31, 11, 15, 17, 14, 20, 26CHA26 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 14, 5, 15, 14, 22, 25, 19, 26CHA26 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 6, 17, 19, 26, 18, 18, 23, 25ORL25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 12, 2, 0, 20, 0, 4, 12, 16ORL16 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
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
6.8Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 62 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat New York by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

CLE over DAL1ATL over DET4MIN over MEM6CHA over ORL8NOP over SAC15LAC over HOU16OKC over BOS21WAS over CHI21GSW over NYK36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 34

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, 46, 33, 18, 41, 12, 34, 35, 27, 34GSW vs NYK · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 39, 36, 40, 29, 32, 12, 15, 33HOU vs LAC · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 21, 20, 27, 30, 26, 17, 15, 33CLE vs DAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 14, 17, 25, 20, 24, 19, 15, 29WAS vs CHI · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Feb 6, 2008: 29 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
29 PTS · 10 REB · 12 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 8, 9, 19, 3, 24, 13, 19, 29NOP @ SAC · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 18, 30, 32, 27, 22, 30, 21, 29BOS vs OKC · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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+7.1 20.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+7.0 20.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+6.3 16.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Kevin MartinSAS−4.9 5.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gerald GreenMIA−4.7 4.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.1 6.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Greg MonroeMIL−4.0 11.8 last 10 · 15.8 season