FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 8, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 22 after the first quarter and won 114–104.

Final
CHI91
ORL98
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +7
Final
BKN105
ATL110
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +5
Final
CHA101
MIA108
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +7
Final
UTA115
HOU108
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +7
Final
DET98
IND115
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +17
Final
NYK93
MIL104
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +11
Final
LAC91
MIN107
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +16
Final
TOR94
NOP87
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
SAC104
SAS114
Q1 SAS -22; Q2 SAS -15; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +10
Final
WAS123
DEN113
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +17; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +10
Final
BOS99
GSW86
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +13
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 8, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ SAS

San Antonio storms back from 22 down to beat Sacramento

The Spurs trailed by 22 after one and won 114–104. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-22-15-4+10SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC37262318104
SAS15333432114
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 2, 2, 6, 6, 9, 5, 9, 19SAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 6, 2, 6, 18, 0, 4, 6, 18SAS18 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 15, 4, 15, 11, 13, 15, 12, 26SAC26 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Skal LabissierePoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 0, 12, 8, 4, 10, 0, 10, 15SAC15 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 61 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg32.1Today

32 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · CHI @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of a 10-point hole against Chicago

Down 10 at the half, the Magic won the third quarter 34–24 and the game 98–91. Elfrid Payton led Orlando with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs CHI
Elfrid Payton · ORLJimmy Butler · CHIPTS2221REB144AST149Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 35

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 40, 38, 13, 24, 25, 26, 33, 39, 35HOU vs UTA · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 34, 12, 34, 30, 26, 27, 28, 33CHA @ MIA · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 33, 33, 28, 9, 15, 24, 21, 24, 32MIL vs NYK · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 15, 11, 21, 17, 17, 18, 23, 31ATL vs BKN · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 29, 23, 12, 12, 30, 19, 25, 30WAS @ DEN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 26, 24, 26, 37, 29, 21, 24, 29MIN vs LAC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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
Al-Farouq AminuPOR+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Ersan IlyasovaATL−4.8 8.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Josh RichardsonMIA−4.5 5.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Tim FrazierNOP−4.5 3.3 last 10 · 7.8 season
Deron WilliamsCLE−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season