FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 3, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed NYK by 6 after the first quarter and won 105–102.

Final
CLE135
ATL130
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +5
Final
MIA99
ORL110
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +11
Final
NYK102
PHI105
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +3
Final
TOR114
WAS106
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +8
Final
LAC101
MIL112
Q1 MIL +15; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +11
Final
MEM100
DAL104
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +4
Final
OKC111
PHX118
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +7
Final
BKN97
UTA112
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +15
Final · OT
SAS101
NOP98
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +3
Final
BOS115
LAL95
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +25; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +20
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 · 2015–16Mar 3, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ MIA), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ PHI

Philadelphia wins a tight one over New York

105–102. Neither team led by more than 10 at any break. Dario Saric led Philadelphia with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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+10-2+3PHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK35182821102
PHI29341626105
Who led
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 19, 18, 20, 20, 19, 21, 10, 21PHI21 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Justin AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 2, 9, 2, 0, 0, 7, 6, 19PHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Lance ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 0, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 11, 21NYK21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 13, 18, 25, 13, 18, 16, 19, 20NYK20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 56 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
26.62015–16 avg10.6Last 2

10.6 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.6 in 2015–16 (45 games). Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Lakers by 20.

PHI over NYK3SAS over NOP3DAL over MEM4CLE over ATL5PHX over OKC7TOR over WAS8ORL over MIA11MIL over LAC11UTA over BKN15BOS over LAL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 48

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45, 48OKC @ PHX · L
31.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant BKN, Jun 15, 2021: 49 PTS · 17 REB · 10 AST
48 PTS · 17 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 27, 25, 26, 23, 34, 25, 28, 43CLE @ ATL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury PHX, Feb 14, 2003: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
43 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 18, 27, 25, 31, 18, 24, 28, 38CLE @ ATL · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 14, 28, 25, 11, 11, 15, 10, 10, 36ATL vs CLE · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 22, 6, 19, 19, 21, 15, 2, 34UTA vs BKN · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 26, 18, 10, 43, 33, 37, 24, 32TOR @ WAS · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 5 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
Dario SaricPHI+8.0 19.4 last 10 · 11.4 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+6.5 29.9 last 10 · 23.4 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Robert CovingtonPHI+5.1 17.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Seth CurryDAL+4.6 17.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.5 3.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI−4.2 19.7 last 10 · 23.9 season