FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 20, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed PHI by 15 at halftime and won 112–109.

Final
ATL90
CHA105
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +15
Final
UTA100
IND107
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +7
Final · OT
PHI109
ORL112
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -15; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +3
Final
WAS102
BOS110
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +8
Final
DEN124
HOU125
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +1
Final
GSW111
OKC95
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +26; Q4 GSW +16
Final
NYK105
LAC114
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +25; Q4 LAC +9
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 20, 2016: 6 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs POR), 40 points.
The lead · PHI @ ORL

Orlando needs overtime to survive Philadelphia

Tied 98–98 after regulation. Orlando won the final period 14–11 for a 112–109 win. Nikola Vucevic led Orlando with 26 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-15-90+3ORL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI2630271511109
ORL2516332414112
Who led
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 16, 14, 25, 20, 23, 10, 18, 26ORL26 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 25, 20, 14, 15, 21, 12, 25, 19ORL19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Richaun HolmesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 8, 10, 24, 10, 14, 17, 8, 24PHI24 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 8, 15, 24, 13, 7, 18, 16, 24PHI24 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 69 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg6.8Last 3

6.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · DEN @ HOU

Houston takes over late to edge Denver

Down 3 after three, Houston won the fourth 31–27. Final: 125–124. James Harden led Houston with 39 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DEN1ORL over PHI3IND over UTA7BOS over WAS8LAC over NYK9CHA over ATL15GSW over OKC16Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over DEN.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 39

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: 26, 33, 39, 35, 19, 38, 18, 41, 40, 39HOU vs DEN · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 23, 23, 9, 27, 25, 13, 14, 38UTA @ IND · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 29, 13, 25, 30, 28, 29, 21, 34GSW @ OKC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 26, 16, 14, 15, 8, 18, 23, 30LAC vs NYK · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 15, 26, 9, 24, 12, 20, 17, 28DEN @ HOU · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 16, 14, 25, 20, 23, 10, 18, 26ORL vs PHI · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 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+7.7 20.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.8 16.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+5.5 15.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.ATL+5.2 19.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−7.0 19.5 last 10 · 26.5 season
Lou WilliamsHOU−6.1 11.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−5.9 20.9 last 10 · 26.8 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.7 8.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season