FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 31, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed MIA by 10 after the first quarter and won 110–109.

Final
CHA93
WAS107
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +14
Final
DET115
NYK109
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +6
Final
TOR99
BOS110
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +11
Final · OT
BKN110
MIA109
Q1 BKN -10; Q2 BKN -7; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +1
Final
GSW112
SAC96
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +16
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 31, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: DeMar DeRozan (TOR vs IND), 40 points.
The lead · BKN @ MIA

Brooklyn needs overtime to survive Miami

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Brooklyn won the final period 9–8 for a 110–109 win. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson led Brooklyn with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-10-7+40+1BKN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BKN222632219110
MIA322321258109
Who led
Rondae Hollis-JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 21, 23, 16, 13, 18, 15, 14, 20BKN20 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 16, 11, 22, 14, 9, 8, 16, 19BKN19 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
James JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 12, 31, 3, 23, 15, 15, 2, 18MIA18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 30, 20, 14, 20, 9, 10, 17, 18MIA18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · TOR @ BOS

Boston extends win streak to 6

110–99 over Toronto. Record: 53–23. Marcus Morris led Boston with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
Lvs IND97–99Lvs WAS124–125W@ ORL92–83L@ NOP89–108Wvs OKC100–99W@ POR105–100W@ SAC104–93W@ PHX102–94W@ UTA97–94Wvs TOR110–99BOS: last 10 games through Mar 31, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg32.8Today

33 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 32

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 24, 29, 24, 21, 21, 11, 15, 32TOR @ BOS · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 8, 17, 22, 8, 12, 27, 22, 32NYK vs DET · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 28, 19, 37, 40, 39, 26, 10, 27GSW @ SAC · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 10, 8, 18, 8, 12, 13, 13, 14, 7, 26WAS vs CHA · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 10, 31, 9, 17, 21, 30, 20, 25BOS vs TOR · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 26, 13, 15, 18, 13, 25, 21, 25GSW @ SAC · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 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
Taurean PrinceATL+8.4 22.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Julius RandleLAL+7.1 23.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Josh JacksonPHX+6.9 19.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Terry RozierBOS+6.5 18.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Troy DanielsPHX+6.0 15.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Nikola MiroticNOP−5.4 9.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Justin HolidayCHI−5.1 7.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Elfrid PaytonPHX−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Courtney LeeNYK−4.6 7.3 last 10 · 11.9 season