FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 21, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed BKN by 19 at halftime and won 111–105.

Final
TOR129
CLE132
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -15; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +3
Final
MEM105
PHI119
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +30; Q4 PHI +14
Final
CHA111
BKN105
Q1 CHA -12; Q2 CHA -19; Q3 CHA -12; Q4 CHA +6
Final
NYK98
MIA119
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +17; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +21
Final
DEN135
CHI102
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +31; Q3 DEN +43; Q4 DEN +33
Final
LAC127
MIL120
Q1 LAC +14; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +7
Final
IND92
NOP96
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP -2; Q4 NOP +4
Final
WAS90
SAS98
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +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 21, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs CHI), 42 points.
The lead · CHA @ BKN

Dwight Howard drops 32 in 19-point comeback win over Brooklyn

Brooklyn led by 19 at the half. Final: 111–105.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-19-12+6CHA AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA22213236111
BKN34282518105
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 30, 19, 30, 22, 33, 14, 10, 32CHA32 PTS · 30 REB · 1 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 5, 21, 11, 22, 24, 10, 24, 24CHA24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 20, 8, 26, 32, 8, 22, 14, 19BKN19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 6, 27, 10, 22, 10, 11, 16, 11, 22, 14BKN14 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two comebacks from 15 or more down

Winners erased deficits of 15 or more points at a quarter break two times in 8 games.

CLE over TOR3NOP over IND4CHA over BKN6LAC over MIL7SAS over WAS8PHI over MEM14MIA over NYK21DEN over CHI33Final margin, points. Pink = winner came back from 15+ down at a break.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 65 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg27.9Today

28 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 35

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 39, 25, 24, 28, 35, 33, 40, 35CLE vs TOR · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 17 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 30, 19, 30, 22, 33, 14, 10, 32CHA @ BKN · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 30 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 41, 17, 25, 31, 21, 26, 34, 37, 28NOP vs IND · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 7, 30, 11, 24, 25, 39, 33, 27SAS vs WAS · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 20, 9, 29, 8, 11, 7, 18, 25LAC @ MIL · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 22 REB · 4 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 5, 21, 11, 22, 24, 10, 24, 24CHA @ BKN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Dillon BrooksMEM+7.5 17.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Julius RandleLAL+7.2 23.1 last 10 · 15.9 season
Brook LopezLAL+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Taurean PrinceATL+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Rodney HoodCLE−6.3 8.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Courtney LeeNYK−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Justin HolidayCHI−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.9 13.1 last 10 · 18.0 season