FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 7, 2017Regular season · 3 games
← Mar 6CalendarMar 8 →

3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed OKC by 11 after the first quarter and won 126–121.

Final
POR126
OKC121
Q1 POR -11; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final
LAL111
DAL122
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +11
Final
WAS131
PHX127
Q1 WAS +13; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +4
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 7, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs ORL), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ OKC

Portland rallies from 11 down to beat OKC

Trailing by 11 after one, Portland outscored the Thunder 97–81 the rest of the way. Final: 126–121. Allen Crabbe led Portland with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists. Russell Westbrook scored 58 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-11-6+7+5POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR29323827126
OKC40272529121
Who led
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 6, 5, 4, 9, 13, 11, 8, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 21, 13, 33, 28, 34, 33, 19, 22POR22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45, 48, 29, 58OKC58 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 7, 24, 14, 23, 20, 6, 21, 16OKC16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ PHX

Washington leads Phoenix wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 131–127. Best quarter: the first, 38–25. Bojan Bogdanovic led Washington with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over PHX4POR over OKC5DAL over LAL11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.7Season avg44.6Last 5

44.6 points a game over his last five games, against 31.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 58 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg10.4Last 3

10.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 60 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.2Season avg22.4Today

22 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 58

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: 47, 17, 38, 17, 41, 43, 45, 48, 29, 58OKC vs POR · L
32.1 PPG season to date · +26.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Oct 30, 2019: 59 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Career high58 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 25, 17, 11, 20, 14, 18, 28, 30PHX vs WAS · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 14, 2, 15, 16, 27, 6, 27, 29WAS @ PHX · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 19, 40, 22, 25, 23, 27, 32, 27WAS @ PHX · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 20, 29, 23, 12, 12, 30, 19, 25WAS @ PHX · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 24, 8, 18, 8, 11, 10, 18, 25DAL vs LAL · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 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
Dario SaricPHI+6.5 18.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+6.4 19.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.2 38.3 last 10 · 32.1 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+6.1 17.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andrew WigginsMIN+5.6 28.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.5 9.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Shelvin MackUTA−4.4 2.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.2 5.7 last 10 · 9.9 season