FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 23, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by BOS (vs POR) and MIL (vs CHI).

Final
LAC104
IND109
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +5
Final
DEN108
WAS100
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +8
Final
PHX95
CLE120
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +25
Final
MIN108
NYK104
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +4
Final
BKN112
TOR116
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +4
Final
MIL118
CHI105
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +13
Final
MIA99
OKC105
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +6
Final · OT
UTA120
SAS124
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final
BOS105
POR100
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS -10; Q4 BOS +5
Final
ATL94
GSW106
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +12
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 23, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR @ MIA), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ POR

Marcus Morris scores 30 as Boston wins in Portland

Final: 105–100. Marcus Morris made 9 of 13 shots from the field.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-3-5-10+5BOS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS23242038105
POR26262523100
Who led
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 7, 17, 10, 31, 9, 17, 21, 30BOS30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 13, 13, 16, 21, 17, 13, 14, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 19, 30, 17, 29, 16, 21, 8, 26POR26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 39, 37, 28, 32, 24, 24, 23, 20, 26POR26 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Phoenix by 25.

MIN over NYK4TOR over BKN4SAS over UTA4IND over LAC5BOS over POR5OKC over MIA6DEN over WAS8GSW over ATL12MIL over CHI13CLE over PHX25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 69 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 45

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 30, 11, 24, 25, 39, 33, 27, 45SAS vs UTA · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Feb 2, 2001: 44 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Season high45 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 24, 19, 26, 25, 19, 9, 25, 22, 12, 39NYK vs MIN · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 12, 27, 13, 23, 28, 24, 26, 35UTA @ SAS · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 7, 17, 10, 31, 9, 17, 21, 30BOS @ POR · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 27, 21, 17, 32, 16, 37, 27, 29OKC vs MIA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 44, 21, 21, 25, 28, 34, 2, 29GSW vs ATL · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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+6.0 19.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Rodney HoodCLE−6.1 8.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Courtney LeeNYK−6.1 6.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Reggie JacksonDET−5.6 8.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Victor OladipoIND−5.5 17.7 last 10 · 23.2 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season