FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 9, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 99–83.

Final
CHI83
DET99
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +16
Final
ATL87
IND112
Q1 IND +19; Q2 IND +16; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +25
Final
HOU105
TOR108
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +3
Final
UTA95
MEM78
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +17
Final
NYK112
MIL120
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +8
Final
WAS116
NOP97
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +15; Q3 WAS +21; Q4 WAS +19
Final
LAL116
DEN125
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +9
Final
GSW108
POR125
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +17
Final
ORL88
SAC94
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +6
Final
CLE102
LAC116
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +14
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 9, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ DET), 29 points.
The lead · CHI @ DET

Detroit gets past Chicago

99–83, with Detroit ahead 49–47 at halftime. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+2+11+16DET AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2621152183
DET2128242699
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 20, 12, 8, 12, 31, 25, 31, 25DET25 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Reggie BullockPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 14, 14, 16, 21, 11, 11, 21, 21DET21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Cameron PaynePoints, last 8 games: 7, 11, 2, 6, 4, 10, 7, 17CHI17 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Kris DunnPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 5, 10, 23, 10, 18, 7, 21, 13CHI13 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Atlanta by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

TOR over HOU3SAC over ORL6MIL over NYK8DEN over LAL9LAC over CLE14DET over CHI16UTA over MEM17POR over GSW17WAS over NOP19IND over ATL25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg21.5Last 3

21.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19, 37, 40GSW @ POR · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 3, 1996: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 31, 41, 26, 25, 26, 23, 26, 40HOU @ TOR · L
31.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allan Houston NYK, Feb 5, 2002: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 17, 20, 17, 10, 14, 4, 15, 30TOR vs HOU · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 26, 21, 11, 19, 28, 22, 19, 30POR vs GSW · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 25, 17, 17, 30, 10, 6, 18, 30MIL vs NYK · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 8, 11, 11, 10, 14, 14, 27, 29LAL @ DEN · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Anthony DavisNOP+7.5 35.6 last 10 · 28.1 season
Damian LillardPOR+6.4 33.2 last 10 · 26.8 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Reggie BullockDET+5.0 15.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rodney HoodCLE−5.6 9.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−5.1 0.7 last 10 · 5.8 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.5 6.7 last 10 · 11.2 season