FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 19, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NYK by 10 at halftime and won 99–89.

Final
DEN101
CHA93
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +8
Final
BKN103
DET115
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +12
Final
OKC115
IND111
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +4
Final
NYK89
WAS99
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +10
Final
HOU97
ATL109
Q1 ATL +14; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +12
Final
CLE101
MIA122
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +28; Q4 MIA +21
Final
UTA85
CHI92
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +7
Final
LAC102
MEM113
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +11
Final
GSW79
SAS87
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +8
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 19, 2015: 4 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs DEN), 50 points.
The lead · NYK @ WAS

Washington rallies from 10 down to beat New York

Trailing by 10 at the half, Washington outscored the Knicks 56–36 the rest of the way. Final: 99–89. John Wall led Washington with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-9-10+10+10WAS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2924132389
WAS2023332399
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 25, 20, 24, 19, 15, 29, 16, 24WAS24 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 14, 8, 16, 8, 14, 11, 14, 17WAS17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 30, 24, 30, 23, 20, 26, 18, 20NYK20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 9, 11, 15, 6, 13, 23, 2, 20NYK20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ ATL

Atlanta extends win streak to 5

109–97 over Houston. Record: 41–29. Al Horford led Atlanta with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · ATL
L@ GSW105–109W@ LAL106–77W@ LAC107–97W@ UTA91–84L@ TOR96–104Wvs MEM95–83Wvs IND104–75W@ DET118–114Wvs DEN116–98Wvs HOU109–97ATL: last 10 games through Mar 19, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 67 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 45

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 35, 38, 23, 20, 7, 25, 18, 45IND vs OKC · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, May 2, 2003: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 32, 30, 28, 28, 20, 28, 26, 33OKC @ IND · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 8 games: 2, 8, 18, 15, 11, 16, 17, 30HOU @ ATL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 14, 15, 19, 22, 19, 25, 6, 28MEM vs LAC · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Baron Davis CHH, Apr 30, 2002: 28 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 26, 23, 29, 26, 24, 17, 22, 26SAS vs GSW · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 28, 28, 25, 24, 27, 23, 18, 26CLE @ MIA · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 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 21.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.5 18.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Victor OladipoORL+6.6 22.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jabari ParkerMIL+6.6 20.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
LaMarcus AldridgeSAS+6.3 24.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kevin MartinSAS−4.9 4.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season