FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 28, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed POR by 8 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final
CLE118
CHA105
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +13
Final
BKN111
ORL104
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +7
Final
NYK101
PHI118
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +17
Final
POR103
MEM108
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +5
Final
ATL114
MIN126
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +12
Final
BOS97
UTA94
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +3
Final
LAC111
PHX99
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +12
Final
DAL93
LAL103
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +10
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 28, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR vs DEN), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ MEM

Memphis turns it around against Portland

From 8 down after one to a 5-point win: 108–103. MarShon Brooks led Memphis with 21 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. CJ McCollum scored 42 for Portland in the loss.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5-5+5MEM AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR28302322103
MEM20332332108
Who led
MarShon BrooksMEM21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 15, 24, 15, 14, 5, 10, 2, 18MEM18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 29, 16, 21, 8, 26, 34, 7, 42POR42 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Wade Baldwin IVPoints, last 2 games: 1, 15POR15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Philadelphia by 17.

BOS over UTA3MEM over POR5BKN over ORL7LAL over DAL10MIN over ATL12LAC over PHX12CLE over CHA13PHI over NYK17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 62 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 56

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 37, 23, 20, 30, 24, 15, 15, 56MIN vs ATL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +35.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMarcus Cousins SAC, Jan 25, 2016: 56 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Career high56 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 29, 16, 21, 8, 26, 34, 7, 42POR @ MEM · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Deron Williams BKN, Mar 8, 2013: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
42 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 35, 33, 40, 35, 27, 37, 18, 41CLE @ CHA · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 11, 2005: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 24, 11, 10, 18, 18, 20, 19, 27LAC @ PHX · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dario SaricPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 21, 9, 5, 15, 10, 18, 20, 26PHI vs NYK · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 17, 10, 22, 12, 15, 7, 24, 24ORL vs BKN · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 5 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
Taurean PrinceATL+7.5 21.3 last 10 · 13.8 season
Julius RandleLAL+7.2 23.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Brook LopezLAL+6.4 19.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Terry RozierBOS+5.8 17.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 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