FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 23, 2018Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MEM by 7 after the first quarter and won 112–89.

Final
BOS110
DET98
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +12
Final
ATL93
IND116
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +23
Final
CHA122
WAS105
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +17
Final · OT
MIL122
TOR119
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
MIN102
HOU120
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +18
Final
CLE112
MEM89
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +23
Final · OT
MIA123
NOP124
Q1 NOP -5; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP -5; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +1
Final
SAS119
DEN122
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +3
Final
LAC128
PHX117
Q1 LAC +22; Q2 LAC +29; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +11
Final
POR100
UTA81
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +19
Final
DAL102
LAL124
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +22; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +22
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 23, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs LAC), 35 points.
The lead · CLE @ MEM

Cleveland routs Memphis by 23

Cleveland led by 5 at halftime and won 112–89. LeBron James led Cleveland with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+5+14+23CLE AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE20343127112
MEM2722221889
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 11, 25, 37, 22, 24, 37, 32, 18CLE18 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 3, 19, 14, 0, 4, 14, 12, 7, 6, 18CLE18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 23, 14, 12, 18, 27, 12, 23, 15MEM15 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
JaMychal GreenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 8, 8, 11, 6, 11, 14, 5, 15MEM15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.4Season avg36.6Last 5

36.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg18.5Last 3

18.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg38.4Today

38 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pacers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Atlanta by 23.

NOP over MIA1MIL over TOR3DEN over SAS3LAC over PHX11BOS over DET12CHA over WAS17HOU over MIN18POR over UTA19LAL over DAL22IND over ATL23CLE over MEM23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 45

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 43, 38, 15, 14, 44, 38, 42, 45NOP vs MIA · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: David Robinson SAS, Dec 10, 1995: 45 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
45 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 18, 15, 30, 16, 31, 23, 20, 38SAS @ DEN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 21, 15, 26, 23, 20, 19, 21, 35LAC @ PHX · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 18, 21, 30, 18, 7, 36, 18, 33WAS vs CHA · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 35, 13, 15, 8, 25, 27, 7, 33TOR vs MIL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 60, 28, 16, 36, 41, 28, 27, 34, 28, 31HOU vs MIN · W
31.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 9 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
Josh JacksonPHX+6.9 18.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.5 29.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.4 16.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+5.3 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Julius RandleLAL+5.3 20.0 last 10 · 14.7 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−4.3 11.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season