FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 12, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAC by 1 after three quarters and won 106–101.

Final
SAS93
HOU109
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +16
Final
MIL121
MEM103
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +18
Final
SAC101
OKC106
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +5
Final
MIA99
POR115
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +16
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 12, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ PHX), 39 points.
The lead · SAC @ OKC

OKC makes it three straight

OKC beat Sacramento 106–101 and moved to 40–29. Paul George led OKC with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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+6-1+5OKC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC16243922101
OKC19273228106
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 26, 23, 20, 21, 17, 21, 11, 21OKC21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 14, 9, 12, 14, 23, 11, 2, 21OKC21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 14, 23, 15, 22, 0, 8, 6, 19SAC19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 13, 3, 9, 3, 2, 23, 7, 15SAC15 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ HOU

Houston never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–93. James Harden led Houston with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over SAC5HOU over SAS16POR over MIA16MIL over MEM18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over SAS.
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
9.8Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 67 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard 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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 44, 24, 40, 26, 35, 20, 39, 37, 28, 32POR vs MIA · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 41, 26, 25, 26, 23, 26, 40, 28HOU vs SAS · W
31.0 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 14, 17, 16, 9, 16, 11, 10, 27POR vs MIA · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 17, 17, 30, 10, 6, 18, 30, 24MIL @ MEM · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 6, 21, 19, 13, 17, 16, 7, 10, 23MIA @ POR · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 26, 23, 20, 21, 17, 21, 11, 21OKC vs SAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 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
Jarell MartinMEM+5.8 13.2 last 10 · 7.4 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.7 33.7 last 10 · 28.0 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.6 32.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 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
Gerald GreenHOU−4.7 6.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.5 1.3 last 10 · 5.8 season