FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 25, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed MIL by 17 at halftime and won 123–121.

Final
DET98
CHA114
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +24; Q3 CHA +25; Q4 CHA +16
Final · OT
NOP123
MIL121
Q1 NOP -11; Q2 NOP -17; Q3 NOP +2; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +2
Final
SAS110
CLE94
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +16
Final
HOU119
DEN114
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +5
Final
PHI94
WAS109
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +15
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 25, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ DAL), 39 points.
The lead · NOP @ MIL

Jrue Holiday drops 36 in 17-point comeback win over Milwaukee

Milwaukee led by 17 at the half. Final: 123–121.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-17+20+2NOP AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOP212838279123
MIL323419297121
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 9, 28, 9, 22, 21, 24, 29, 36NOP36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 43, 38, 15, 14, 44, 38, 42, 45, 27NOP27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 16, 20, 14, 21, 21, 17, 21, 25MIL25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 28, 23, 19, 18, 14, 27, 21, 20MIL20 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Second story · SAS @ CLE

San Antonio beats Cleveland, 110–94

San Antonio led 76–74 after three and won by 16. LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over MIL2HOU over DEN5WAS over PHI15CHA over DET16SAS over CLE16Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.7Season avg39.2Last 5

39.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.8Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 45 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 33 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 41

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 36, 41, 28, 27, 34, 28, 31, 41HOU @ DEN · W
31.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Nov 5, 2002: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 9, 28, 9, 22, 21, 24, 29, 36NOP @ MIL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 25, 37, 22, 24, 37, 32, 18, 33CLE vs SAS · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 43, 38, 15, 14, 44, 38, 42, 45, 27NOP @ MIL · W
27.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 15, 30, 16, 31, 23, 20, 38, 27SAS @ CLE · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 24, 27, 24, 29, 17, 30, 28, 25PHI @ WAS · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
Andrew HarrisonMEM+5.7 14.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Terry RozierBOS+5.6 15.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.5 16.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.2 32.9 last 10 · 27.7 season
Julius RandleLAL+4.8 19.5 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
Stephen CurryGSW−4.5 22.3 last 10 · 26.8 season
Rudy GaySAS−4.4 6.7 last 10 · 11.1 season