FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 27, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed NYK by 13 at halftime and won 92–91.

Final
MIL95
CLE102
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +7
Final
TOR92
NYK91
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -13; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +1
Final
GSW119
PHI108
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +11
Final
ATL114
BOS98
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +16
Final
MIA89
DAL96
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +7
Final
IND117
HOU108
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +9
Final
MIN102
SAC88
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +14
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 27, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ OKC), 46 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

DeMar DeRozan scores 37, Toronto rallies past New York

Toronto trailed by 13 at the half and won 92–91.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-13-4+1TOR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2119232992
NYK2528142491
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 31, 30, 26, 18, 10, 43, 33, 37TOR37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 5, 28, 16, 8, 17, 15, 18, 15TOR15 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 26, 28, 33, 25, 30, 20, 37, 24NYK24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 5, 20, 13, 18, 25, 13, 18, 16NYK16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.4Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · IND @ HOU

Indiana rallies from 11 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 11 after one, Indiana outscored the Rockets 97–77 the rest of the way. Final: 117–108. Jeff Teague led Indiana with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs HOU
Jeff Teague · INDLou Williams · HOUPTS2528REB73AST61Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 37

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 31, 30, 26, 18, 10, 43, 33, 37TOR @ NYK · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 29, 36, 22, 26, 24, 26, 37, 29MIN @ SAC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 4, 16, 14, 8, 13, 31, 13, 29DAL vs MIA · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 22, 17, 21, 29, 21, 27, 17, 28HOU vs IND · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 10, 22, 24, 34, 25, 21, 25, 27GSW @ PHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 31, 29, 27, 41, 40, 27, 30, 27MIN @ SAC · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 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
Andrew WigginsMIN+6.8 30.2 last 10 · 23.4 season
Dario SaricPHI+6.7 18.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+5.2 17.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.ATL+5.2 18.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.5 9.4 last 10 · 13.9 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.5 10.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season