FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 26, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DEN by 8 at halftime and won 123–104.

Final · OT
NYK128
CHA137
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +9
Final
LAL106
DET112
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +6
Final
DEN104
PHI123
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +19
Final
MEM101
MIN93
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +8
Final
BOS102
PHX94
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +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 26, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ HOU), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHI

Philadelphia rallies from 8 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 8 at the half, Philadelphia outscored the Nuggets 72–45 the rest of the way. Final: 123–104. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 20 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8+11+19PHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN27321530104
PHI23283438123
Who led
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 29, 29, 24, 25, 14, 17, 19, 20PHI20 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 18, 21, 9, 5, 15, 10, 18, 20PHI20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 9, 8, 23, 8, 22, 16, 23, 25DEN25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 20, 18, 26, 16, 23, 16, 25, 17DEN17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MEM @ MIN

Memphis upsets Minnesota

Memphis (19–54) beat Minnesota (42–32) 101–93. Wayne Selden led Memphis with 23 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over LAL6MEM over MIN8BOS over PHX8CHA over NYK9PHI over DEN19Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 71 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 61 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 42 points, 1 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Trey Burke leads the day with 42

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.
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 16, 16, 14, 9, 16, 15, 19, 42NYK @ CHA · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +30.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Mar 11, 2020: 42 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Career high42 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 22, 24, 10, 24, 24, 46, 24, 31CHA vs NYK · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 21, 24, 8, 17, 22, 8, 12, 27NYK @ CHA · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 10, 13, 16, 23, 20, 10, 3, 25MIN vs MEM · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 9, 8, 23, 8, 22, 16, 23, 25DEN @ PHI · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 30, 22, 33, 14, 10, 32, 18, 23CHA vs NYK · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 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+7.1 20.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Dwight HowardCHA+6.4 23.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Taurean PrinceATL+6.4 20.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Julius RandleLAL+6.4 22.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Terry RozierBOS+5.9 17.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Justin HolidayCHI−5.9 6.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Rodney HoodCLE−5.5 9.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Kevin LoveCLE−4.7 13.3 last 10 · 18.0 season