FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 27, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed LAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 101–88.

Final
DEN90
LAC105
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +15
Final
HOU101
IND104
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +3
Final
DAL111
SAC133
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +22
Final
PHI105
GSW117
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +12
Final
WAS101
LAL88
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +13
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 27, 2015: 13 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC @ NOP), 39 points.
The lead · WAS @ LAL

Lakers' skid reaches three

Washington won 101–88; the Lakers fall to 15–58. John Wall led Washington with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+18+13WAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS24262724101
LAL2717152988
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 29, 16, 24, 27, 13, 22, 22WAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 16, 9, 16, 15, 15, 14, 19, 16WAS16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 24, 4, 14, 9, 11, 14, 2, 22LAL22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 5, 12, 26, 14, 20, 17, 28, 17LAL17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ IND

Indiana never trails at a break against Houston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 104–101. Paul George led Indiana with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
IND over HOU3GSW over PHI12WAS over LAL13LAC over DEN15SAC over DAL22Final margin, points. Pink = IND over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 70 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg21.5Today

21 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Klay Thompson 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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 18, 19, 39, 15, 17, 32, 40, 40GSW vs PHI · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steven Smith ATL, Jan 30, 1997: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
40 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 15, 33, 29, 25, 24, 26, 32, 34HOU @ IND · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 7, 25, 18, 45, 15, 15, 27, 25IND vs HOU · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 10, 16, 8, 11, 13, 9, 3, 23IND vs HOU · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 15, 29, 16, 24, 27, 13, 22, 22WAS @ LAL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 10, 0, 4, 26, 4, 16, 12, 22PHI @ GSW · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 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+9.2 22.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+7.8 18.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Victor OladipoORL+7.4 23.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.2 24.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.1 22.8 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerCHI−5.6 15.7 last 10 · 21.3 season
Dwight HowardHOU−4.8 9.3 last 10 · 14.1 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.6 3.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Zaza PachuliaDAL−4.2 4.8 last 10 · 9.0 season