FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 30, 2016Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by DAL (vs NYK) and LAL (vs MIA).

Final
ATL97
TOR105
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +8
Final
DEN109
MEM105
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +4
Final
PHX94
MIL105
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +11
Final
LAC99
MIN79
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +26; Q4 LAC +20
Final
NYK89
DAL91
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +2
Final
NOP92
SAS100
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +8
Final · OT
GSW103
UTA96
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +7
Final
WAS111
SAC120
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +9
Final · OT
MIA100
LAL102
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
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 30, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs HOU), 42 points.
The lead · MIA @ LAL

Lakers flip a halftime deficit, win in overtime

Miami led 48–41 at the break. Tied 87–87 after regulation, Lakers won the extra time 15–13. Final: 102–100. Jordan Clarkson led Lakers with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-700+2LAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA2721192013100
LAL2516262015102
Who led
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 12, 8, 22, 13, 20, 2, 12, 26LAL26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 4, 14, 9, 11, 14, 2, 22, 5, 16LAL16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 19, 11, 24, 25, 16, 11, 30, 26MIA26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 17, 22, 3, 5, 10, 9, 22MIA22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Minnesota by 20.

DAL over NYK2LAL over MIA2DEN over MEM4GSW over UTA7TOR over ATL8SAS over NOP8SAC over WAS9MIL over PHX11LAC over MIN20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 68 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg14.9Last 3

14.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 73 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 31

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: 27, 34, 31, 14, 19, 33, 33, 20, 26, 31GSW @ UTA · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 26, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 22, 31NYK @ DAL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 31, 22, 20, 31, 24, 19, 29, 20, 29SAC vs WAS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 19, 11, 24, 25, 16, 11, 30, 26MIA @ LAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 17, 16, 9, 14, 21, 14, 18, 26DAL vs NYK · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 28, 15, 25, 21, 18, 23, 19, 26TOR vs ATL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+7.0 20.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+6.9 17.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Victor OladipoORL+6.3 22.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+6.0 22.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
J.J. BareaDAL+4.5 14.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Jimmy ButlerCHI−6.7 14.3 last 10 · 21.0 season
Dwight HowardHOU−4.8 9.2 last 10 · 14.0 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Arron AfflaloNYK−4.7 8.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.5 3.5 last 10 · 8.0 season