FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 21, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed SAS by 21 after the first quarter and won 91–88.

Final
SAS88
CHA91
Q1 CHA -21; Q2 CHA -15; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +3
Final
DEN91
CLE124
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +33
Final
PHI75
IND91
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +16
Final
ORL96
BOS107
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +11
Final
MIL91
DET92
Q1 DET -13; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET +1
Final
WAS117
ATL102
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +15
Final
SAC102
CHI109
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
GSW109
MIN104
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +5
Final
MEM103
PHX97
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM -11; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +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 21, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Eric Bledsoe (PHX @ HOU), 34 points.
The lead · SAS @ CHA

Charlotte storms back from 21 down to beat San Antonio

The Hornets trailed by 21 after one and won 91–88. Jeremy Lin led Charlotte with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-21-15-5+3CHA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2823211688
CHA729312491
Who led
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 12, 8, 16, 1, 5, 6, 16, 29CHA29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 16, 15, 12, 12, 6, 13, 7, 17CHA17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 2, 6, 20, 4, 2, 18, 6, 19SAS19 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 23, 29, 26, 24, 17, 22, 26, 18SAS18 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Cleveland by 33.

DET over MIL1CHA over SAS3GSW over MIN5MEM over PHX6CHI over SAC7BOS over ORL11WAS over ATL15IND over PHI16CLE over DEN33Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg25.3Today

25 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 28, 25, 24, 27, 23, 18, 26, 33CLE vs DEN · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Mar 13, 2021: 33 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
33 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 12, 8, 16, 1, 5, 6, 16, 29CHA vs SAS · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 27, 22, 30, 21, 29, 20, 26, 28BOS vs ORL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 20, 24, 19, 15, 29, 16, 24, 27WAS @ ATL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 18, 22, 19, 19, 12, 10, 13, 27MIL @ DET · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 6, 17, 14, 0, 15, 6, 12, 27DEN @ CLE · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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+9.7 22.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
Victor OladipoORL+7.6 23.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.5 18.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.1 24.9 last 10 · 18.8 season
D'Angelo RussellLAL+5.8 19.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.6 3.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaORL−4.1 6.4 last 10 · 10.5 season