FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 26, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed PHX by 5 at halftime and won 100–96.

Final
SAS119
LAL98
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +21
Final
PHX96
MIL100
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +4
Final
MEM105
DEN98
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +7
Final
UTA102
WAS92
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +10
Final
BOS104
DET98
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
POR106
TOR112
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
NOP110
OKC118
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +8
Final · OT
CHA121
LAC124
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +3
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 26, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Kyle Lowry (TOR vs CLE), 43 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Phoenix by 4

The Bucks won the third quarter 35–26. Final: 100–96. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-5+4+4MIL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2324262396
MIL21213523100
Who led
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 30, 22, 41, 20, 8, 33, 33, 28MIL28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 6, 11, 15, 7, 23, 14, 22, 17MIL17 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 20, 4, 16, 14, 0, 11, 17, 23PHX23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Alan WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 6, 1, 0, 14, 2, 2, 16, 17PHX17 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Second story · POR @ TOR

Toronto gets past Portland

112–106, with Toronto ahead 53–52 at halftime. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over CHA3MIL over PHX4BOS over DET6TOR over POR6MEM over DEN7OKC over NOP8UTA over WAS10SAS over LAL21Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg33.9Today

34 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 43

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 26, 32, 20, 26, 17, 12, 29, 43LAC vs CHA · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Feb 2, 2011: 43 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Season high43 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 42, 27, 29, 47, 17, 38, 17, 41OKC vs NOP · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Dec 12, 2019: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
41 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 12, 42, 32, 24, 18, 29, 39, 38NOP @ OKC · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 17, 14, 10, 29, 24, 34, 12, 34CHA @ LAC · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 22, 31, 30, 26, 18, 10, 43, 33TOR vs POR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 26, 34, 29, 29, 33, 29, 20, 33BOS @ DET · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 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
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
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
Kyle KorverCLE+5.4 15.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.5 10.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Al HorfordBOS−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season