FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 10, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed ORL by 2 at halftime and won 113–105.

Final
PHX115
CHA122
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +22; Q4 CHA +7
Final
WAS102
MIA129
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +27; Q4 MIA +27
Final
MEM80
DAL114
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +26; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +34
Final
SAS94
OKC104
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +10
Final
ORL105
LAC113
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +8
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 10, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS @ SAC), 38 points.
The lead · ORL @ LAC

Orlando's skid reaches four

Clippers won 113–105; the Magic fall to 20–47. Lou Williams led Clippers with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-2-2+8LAC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL27313116105
LAC30263126113
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 35, 25, 13, 21, 21, 27, 15, 25LAC25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 30, 8, 24, 15, 26, 27, 23, 21LAC21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jonathon SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 19, 13, 4, 11, 4, 9, 25, 24ORL24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 10, 11, 20, 16, 10, 9, 12, 19ORL19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHX @ CHA

Charlotte leads Phoenix wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 122–115. Best quarter: the third, 35–21. Dwight Howard led Charlotte with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over PHX7LAC over ORL8OKC over SAS10MIA over WAS27DAL over MEM34Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over PHX.
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
9.6Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg36.2Today

36 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 30

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 17, 24, 21, 6, 10, 30, 19, 30CHA vs PHX · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 15, 10, 7, 14, 10, 12, 6, 29CHA vs PHX · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 19, 9, 21, 26, 26, 18, 15, 25DAL vs MEM · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 35, 25, 13, 21, 21, 27, 15, 25LAC vs ORL · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Jonathon SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 19, 13, 4, 11, 4, 9, 25, 24ORL @ LAC · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 5, 8, 8, 0, 7, 2, 10, 23WAS @ MIA · L
6.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 4 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
Jarell MartinMEM+5.3 12.5 last 10 · 7.2 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−4.5 1.3 last 10 · 5.8 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.5 6.7 last 10 · 11.2 season