FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 22, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ORL by 10 after the first quarter and won 120–113.

Final
BKN96
CHA111
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +15
Final
NYK120
ORL113
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +7
Final
PHI116
CHI115
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +1
Final
WAS110
CLE103
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +7
Final
OKC110
SAC107
Q1 OKC +23; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC +3
Final
LAC127
GSW134
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +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
The lead · NYK @ ORL

New York rallies from 10 down to beat Orlando

Trailing by 10 after one, New York outscored the Magic 89–72 the rest of the way. Final: 120–113. Trey Burke led New York with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-6+3+7NYK AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK31323027120
ORL41282123113
Who led
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 2, 1, 14, 9, 12, 2, 0, 26NYK26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 15, 4, 6, 9, 8, 9, 17, 9, 37, 23NYK23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 11, 13, 19, 22, 20, 22, 13, 25ORL25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 31, 14, 26, 24, 18, 21, 1, 19ORL19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 55 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 51 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg29.7Today

30 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Charlotte by 15.

PHI over CHI1OKC over SAC3NYK over ORL7WAS over CLE7GSW over LAC7CHA over BKN15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 44

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 49, 14, 23, 24, 21, 20, 17, 22, 17, 44GSW vs LAC · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Steve Francis HOU, Jan 17, 2003: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
44 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 8, 10, 18, 11, 13, 19, 18, 38CHI vs PHI · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 20, 10, 15, 10, 14, 13, 18, 32PHI @ CHI · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 24, 11, 25, 37, 22, 24, 37, 32CLE vs WAS · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 41, 18, 20, 40, 19, 23, 20, 31CHA vs BKN · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 29, 17, 24, 27, 24, 29, 17, 30PHI @ CHI · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 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+6.5 29.1 last 10 · 22.6 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