FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 22, 2018Regular season · 6 games
← Mar 21CalendarMar 23 →

6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed LAL by 11 after three quarters and won 128–125.

Final
MEM79
CHA140
Q1 CHA +23; Q2 CHA +33; Q3 CHA +55; Q4 CHA +61
Final
PHI118
ORL98
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +30; Q4 PHI +20
Final · OT
DET96
HOU100
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
LAL125
NOP128
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP -11; Q4 NOP +3
Final
UTA119
DAL112
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +7
Final
ATL90
SAC105
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +15
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 22, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ NOP

Anthony Davis scores 33, New Orleans holds off Lakers

Final: 128–125. Anthony Davis added 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-4-2-11+3NOP AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL44293517125
NOP40312631128
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 41, 17, 25, 31, 21, 26, 34, 37, 28, 33NOP33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 4, 18, 25, 24, 19, 7, 10, 26NOP26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 10, 17, 20, 10, 13, 6, 12, 28LAL28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 12, 18, 36, 26, 22, 25, 21, 23LAL23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 70 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
29.72016–17 avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 2016–17 (80 games). Today: 3 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg31.2Today

31 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · DET @ HOU

Houston needs overtime to survive Detroit

Tied 88–88 after regulation. Houston won the final period 12–8 for a 100–96 win. Eric Gordon led Houston with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs DET
Eric Gordon · HOUBlake Griffin · DETPTS2221REB310AST510Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 46

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 5, 21, 11, 22, 24, 10, 24, 24, 46CHA vs MEM · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jerry Stackhouse DET, Mar 15, 2001: 46 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
46 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 41, 17, 25, 31, 21, 26, 34, 37, 28, 33NOP vs LAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 10, 17, 20, 10, 13, 6, 12, 28LAL @ NOP · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 20, 12, 27, 13, 23, 28, 24, 26UTA @ DAL · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 4, 18, 25, 24, 19, 7, 10, 26NOP vs LAL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 11, 4, 12, 6, 4, 19, 2, 24NOP vs LAL · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 10 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
Brook LopezLAL+7.6 20.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Dillon BrooksMEM+7.2 17.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Julius RandleLAL+6.9 22.9 last 10 · 16.0 season
Taurean PrinceATL+5.6 19.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Rodney HoodCLE−6.3 8.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Reggie JacksonDET−5.6 8.5 last 10 · 14.1 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