FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 25, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
UTA95
LAC108
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +13
Final
WAS127
CLE115
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +12
Final
TOR94
DAL86
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +8
Final
NYK98
SAS106
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +8
Final
MIN100
POR112
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +12
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 25, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs DAL), 40 points.
The lead · TOR @ DAL

Toronto makes it five straight

Toronto beat Dallas 94–86 and moved to 44–29. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+10+10+8TOR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR3024202094
DAL2222202286
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 17, 25, 22, 14, 22, 42, 40, 18TOR18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 18, 9, 0, 10, 17, 16, 16, 18TOR18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 23, 18, 22, 4, 19, 5, 21, 23DAL23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 3, 5, 19, 7, 8, 10, 23, 11DAL11 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NYK @ SAS

San Antonio leads New York wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 106–98. Best quarter: the first, 33–23. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over DAL8SAS over NYK8WAS over CLE12POR over MIN12LAC over UTA13Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over NYK.
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
13.5Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 71 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.2Season avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.2 in 72 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

John Wall 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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 25, 39, 27, 26, 14, 19, 16, 22, 22, 37WAS @ CLE · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 26, 8, 26, 22, 18, 21, 20, 32POR vs MIN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 39, 19, 31, 34, 22, 12, 22, 19, 29SAS vs NYK · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 11, 14, 3, 13, 14, 15, 9, 28LAC vs UTA · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 38, 26, 20, 24, 24, 18, 19, 28, 19, 27WAS @ CLE · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GobertPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 23, 11, 12, 20, 13, 16, 35, 26UTA @ LAC · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 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+7.9 20.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Ricky RubioMIN+6.9 17.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Brandon IngramLAL+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Buddy HieldSAC+5.8 15.6 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jordan ClarksonLAL+5.4 20.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsDAL−6.2 7.7 last 10 · 13.9 season
Lou WilliamsHOU−6.0 11.7 last 10 · 17.7 season
Zach LaVineMIN−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Emmanuel MudiayDEN−5.0 6.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.0 17.7 last 10 · 22.7 season