FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 25, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed NOP by 6 after the first quarter and won 96–83.

Final
CHA99
SAC85
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +14
Final
ATL86
ORL105
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +19
Final
PHI109
NYK110
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +1
Final
IND95
MIA113
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +18
Final
CHI117
CLE99
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +18
Final
NOP83
DAL96
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +13
Final
MIN130
HOU142
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +12
Final
BKN95
GSW112
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +17
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 · 2015–16Feb 25, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ ORL), 51 points.
The lead · NOP @ DAL

Dallas beats New Orleans, 96–83

Dallas led 67–63 after three and won by 13. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Anthony Davis scored 39 for New Orleans in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-2+4+13DAL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP3019142083
DAL2423202996
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 12, 26, 31, 8, 19, 16, 20, 19DAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 9, 25, 20, 14, 18, 24, 8, 18DAL18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 34, 12, 42, 32, 24, 18, 29, 39NOP39 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 30, 15, 25, 16, 18, 19, 6, 18NOP18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · IND @ MIA

Miami makes it three straight

Miami beat Indiana 113–95 and moved to 27–32. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 22 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · MIA
Wvs ATL116–93Wvs PHI125–102W@ MIN115–113W@ MIL106–88W@ BKN108–99L@ PHI109–117Lvs ORL107–116W@ HOU117–109W@ ATL108–90Wvs IND113–95MIA: last 10 games through Feb 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 58 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 39

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 34, 12, 42, 32, 24, 18, 29, 39NOP @ DAL · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 35, 29, 36, 22, 26, 24, 26, 37MIN @ HOU · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 22 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 17, 26, 28, 33, 25, 30, 20, 37NYK vs PHI · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 23, 29, 28, 27, 25, 26, 23, 34CLE vs CHI · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 27, 31, 29, 27, 41, 40, 27, 30MIN @ HOU · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Jahlil OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 16, 9, 16, 20, 7, 4, 11, 28PHI @ NYK · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 10 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
Andrew WigginsMIN+6.2 29.6 last 10 · 23.4 season
Dario SaricPHI+6.2 17.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+5.8 18.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+5.8 16.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Kyle KorverCLE+5.4 15.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Reggie JacksonDET−5.5 9.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Tim FrazierNOP−5.0 3.4 last 10 · 8.4 season
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−4.5 23.0 last 10 · 27.5 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season