FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 3, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 11 after three quarters and won 116–112.

Final
MEM100
ORL107
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DEN126
CLE117
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +9
Final
DET96
MIA105
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +9
Final
BOS120
HOU123
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +3
Final
LAL116
SAS112
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL -11; Q4 LAL +4
Final
OKC100
POR108
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +8
Final
UTA98
SAC91
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +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
On this day · 2016–17Mar 3, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ PHX), 48 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAS

Lakers fight back late to top San Antonio

San Antonio led 91–80 after three. Lakers won the fourth 36–21 and the game 116–112. Julius Randle led Lakers with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-7-7-11+4LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL23302736116
SAS30303121112
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 26, 20, 23, 18, 12, 19, 25, 25LAL25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 22, 3, 7, 17, 17, 13, 29, 21LAL21 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 8, 5, 7, 15, 10, 12, 11, 19SAS19 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 5, 7, 4, 6, 5, 4, 19, 15SAS15 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ HOU

Houston takes over late to edge Boston

Down 3 after three, Houston won the fourth 37–31. Final: 123–120. Eric Gordon led Houston with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over BOS3LAL over SAS4ORL over MEM7UTA over SAC7POR over OKC8DEN over CLE9MIA over DET9Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg24.1Last 3

24.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 58 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Gary Harris leads the day with 32

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.
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 13, 15, 28, 23, 6, 23, 26, 32DEN @ CLE · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 22, 13, 17, 20, 12, 8, 12, 31DET @ MIA · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 36, 34, 21, 23, 17, 15, 8, 30, 43, 30OKC @ POR · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 13, 0, 13, 12, 6, 13, 22, 29HOU vs BOS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 11, 22, 29, 26, 21, 11, 19, 28POR vs OKC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 27, 25, 24, 21, 25, 16, 26, 27UTA @ SAC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Anthony DavisNOP+6.1 34.2 last 10 · 28.1 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Allen CrabbeBKN+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Julius RandleLAL+5.5 20.6 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.6 1.4 last 10 · 6.0 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR−4.5 19.2 last 10 · 23.7 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season