FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 28, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed SAS by 9 at halftime and won 121–116.

Final
MIL87
DET110
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +23
Final
TOR117
ORL104
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +13
Final
IND102
ATL107
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +5
Final
CHA106
BOS134
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +24; Q4 BOS +28
Final
PHX110
MEM102
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +8
Final
GSW109
WAS101
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +8
Final · OT
OKC111
DAL110
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +1
Final
NOP121
SAS116
Q1 NOP -5; Q2 NOP -9; Q3 NOP -8; Q4 NOP +5
Final
HOU105
LAC92
Q1 HOU +22; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +13
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 28, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs UTA), 43 points.
The lead · NOP @ SAS

New Orleans climbs back to beat San Antonio

San Antonio led by 9 at the half. New Orleans won it 121–116. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-9-8+5NOP AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP24273634121
SAS29313521116
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 14, 44, 38, 42, 45, 27, 53, 26NOP26 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 9, 22, 21, 24, 29, 36, 20, 25NOP25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 8, 5, 7, 4, 6, 5, 4, 19SAS19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 6, 10, 14, 12, 12, 12, 13, 18SAS18 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.2Season avg38.6Last 5

38.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.2 in 54 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg8.1Last 3

8.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · PHX @ MEM

Phoenix handles Memphis by 8

The Suns won the second quarter 36–27. Final: 110–102. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 34 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over DAL1ATL over IND5NOP over SAS5PHX over MEM8GSW over WAS8TOR over ORL13HOU over LAC13DET over MIL23BOS over CHA28Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MEM.
Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 34

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 28, 21, 18, 33, 18, 31, 25, 34BOS vs CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 31, 15, 18, 18, 28, 27, 30, 40, 34PHX @ MEM · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 24, 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32GSW @ WAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 36, 34, 21, 23, 17, 15, 8, 30OKC @ DAL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 17, 27, 14, 22, 15, 16, 23, 17, 29WAS vs GSW · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 13, 20, 8, 22, 19, 5, 20, 29PHX @ MEM · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 7 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+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dwight PowellDAL+6.1 14.2 last 10 · 8.1 season
Anthony DavisNOP+6.1 34.2 last 10 · 28.1 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.8 17.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−4.7 22.5 last 10 · 27.2 season
Eric GordonHOU−4.6 13.9 last 10 · 18.5 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.6 1.5 last 10 · 6.1 season