FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 27, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed GSW by 9 after the first quarter and won 92–81.

Final
SAS106
WAS116
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +14; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +10
Final
DEN110
TOR114
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +4
Final
CHI86
HOU118
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +30; Q4 HOU +32
Final
CLE79
MIA98
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +19
Final
POR107
NOP103
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR -4; Q4 POR +4
Final
DAL103
SAC97
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +6
Final
IND92
GSW81
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -9; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +11
Final
MIL98
LAC105
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +7
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 27, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ DAL), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ GSW

Indiana climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 9 after one. Indiana won it 92–81. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-9-9-2+11IND AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1821292492
GSW2721221181
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 11, 18, 18, 20, 21, 18, 23, 24IND24 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 19, 13, 5, 18, 9, 16, 22, 17IND17 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 0, 18, 16, 20, 10, 24, 9, 12GSW12 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Quinn CookPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 4, 13, 25, 28, 20, 13, 17, 11GSW11 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Chicago by 32, the widest margin of 8 games.

TOR over DEN4POR over NOP4DAL over SAC6LAC over MIL7WAS over SAS10IND over GSW11MIA over CLE19HOU over CHI32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 24 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 66 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg32.7Today

33 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 41

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: 37, 28, 32, 24, 24, 23, 20, 26, 24, 41POR @ NOP · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Dec 13, 2003: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 21, 26, 34, 37, 28, 33, 25, 36NOP vs POR · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 1, 23, 5, 5, 18, 22, 19, 22, 31HOU vs CHI · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 15, 23, 17, 34, 21, 25, 14, 29DEN @ TOR · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 28, 20, 38, 33, 37, 12, 25, 26MIL @ LAC · L
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 11, 18, 18, 20, 21, 18, 23, 24IND @ GSW · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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
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
Nikola MiroticNOP−6.4 8.3 last 10 · 14.7 season
Justin HolidayCHI−6.1 6.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Kevin LoveCLE−5.5 12.2 last 10 · 17.7 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season