FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 22, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 108–101.

Final
CHA109
ORL102
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +7
Final
IND100
BOS109
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +9
Final
DET95
CHI117
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +22
Final
PHI97
OKC122
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +25
Final
ATL100
WAS104
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +4
Final
CLE113
DEN126
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +13
Final
MIL116
SAC98
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +18
Final
NYK101
UTA108
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +7
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 22, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Brook Lopez (BKN vs CHA), 29 points.
The lead · NYK @ UTA

Rudy Gobert scores 35, Utah rallies past New York

Utah trailed by 8 after one and won 108–101.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-4-3+7UTA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK34212026101
UTA26252136108
Who led
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 15, 23, 11, 12, 20, 13, 16, 35UTA35 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 23, 9, 27, 25, 13, 14, 38, 19UTA19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 24, 14, 13, 18, 19, 11, 18, 24NYK24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 12, 26, 11, 17, 16, 22, 18, 17NYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Philadelphia by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

WAS over ATL4CHA over ORL7UTA over NYK7BOS over IND9DEN over CLE13MIL over SAC18CHI over DET22OKC over PHI25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
13.7Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 56 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 50 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg31.0Today

31 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul George 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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 21, 18, 28, 22, 39, 18, 19, 37IND @ BOS · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 15, 23, 11, 12, 20, 13, 16, 35UTA vs NYK · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 43, 32, 27, 22, 28, 26, 21, 46, 33CLE @ DEN · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 21, 18, 18, 16, 26, 9, 22, 32MIL @ SAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 24, 19, 16, 20, 8, 17, 18, 22, 11, 29ATL @ WAS · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 38, 26, 20, 24, 24, 18, 19, 28WAS vs ATL · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 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+6.8 19.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.9 16.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kyrie IrvingCLE+5.0 30.6 last 10 · 25.6 season
Frank KaminskyCHA+4.9 16.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Jusuf NurkicPOR+4.8 14.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsHOU−6.1 11.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Myles TurnerIND−5.9 8.7 last 10 · 14.6 season
Wesley MatthewsDAL−5.5 8.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.0 6.0 last 10 · 11.0 season