FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 15, 2018Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 7 after three quarters and won 119–111.

Final
DEN134
MIL123
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +11
Final
LAL111
MIN119
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +8
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 · 2016–17Feb 15, 2017: 14 games. Top scorer: Andrew Wiggins (MIN @ DEN), 40 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIN

Lakers' skid reaches three

Minnesota won 119–111; the Lakers fall to 23–34. Taj Gibson led Minnesota with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-3-7+8MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL39262620111
MIN35272235119
Who led
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 12, 9, 12, 9, 10, 15, 12, 28MIN28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35, 38, 18, 15, 24MIN24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 20, 19, 19, 21, 17, 26, 20, 23LAL23 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ivica ZubacPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 7, 0, 4, 19LAL19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIL

Denver leads Milwaukee wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 134–123. Best quarter: the second, 39–34. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 30 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs MIL
Nikola Jokic · DENGiannis Antetokounmpo · MILPTS3036REB1511AST1713Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 56 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.3Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 4.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 36

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 17, 29, 16, 23, 23, 32, 15, 36MIL vs DEN · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 10, 2010: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
36 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 13, 29, 19, 15, 14, 21, 23, 30DEN @ MIL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden BKN, Mar 1, 2021: 30 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
30 PTS · 15 REB · 17 AST
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 12, 9, 12, 9, 10, 15, 12, 28MIN vs LAL · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 17, 25, 16, 27, 8, 13, 15, 28DEN @ MIL · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 2, 7, 28, 23, 19, 18, 14, 27MIL vs DEN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 18, 33, 15, 18, 6, 12, 17, 26DEN @ MIL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+7.1 29.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.4 16.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+5.3 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.3 16.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Reggie BullockDET+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Eric GordonHOU−6.2 12.3 last 10 · 18.5 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−4.7 11.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season