FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 22, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NOP by 13 at halftime and won 126–111.

Final
WAS110
CHA123
Q1 CHA -11; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +13
Final
NOP111
IND126
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI110
ORL109
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +1
Final
SAS117
TOR120
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +3
Final
DET125
ATL122
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +3
Final
MIN115
NYK104
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +11
Final
LAC112
MEM106
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +6
Final
DEN114
DAL104
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +10
Final · 2OT
UTA147
OKC148
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC 0; OT2 OKC +1
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 · 2017–18Feb 22, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs LAC), 44 points.
The lead · NOP @ IND

Indiana climbs out of a 13-point hole against New Orleans

Down 13 at the half, the Pacers won the third quarter 39–23 and the game 126–111. Wesley Matthews led Indiana with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 0 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-13+3+15IND AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP35362317111
IND24343929126
Who led
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 0, 12, 17, 5, 9, 8, 8, 24IND24 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 31, 14, 24, 29, 23, 14, 20, 20IND20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Cheick DialloPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 13, 12, 18, 2, 4, 0, 6, 16NOP16 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 46, 30, 27, 32, 14, 3, 14, 15NOP15 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 50 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Indiana by 15.

CHI over ORL1OKC over UTA1TOR over SAS3DET over ATL3LAC over MEM6DEN over DAL10MIN over NYK11CHA over WAS13IND over NOP15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 46

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 24, 27, 30, 25, 31, 32, 28, 46WAS @ CHA · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Dec 15, 1995: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 36, 37, 43, 37, 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45OKC vs UTA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: DeMar DeRozan CHI, Feb 6, 2022: 45 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
45 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 14, 22, 16, 15, 21, 21, 44, 43OKC vs UTA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Mar 2, 2019: 43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
43 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 29, 22, 15, 26, 21, 23, 25, 38UTA @ OKC · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 17, 29, 14, 19, 20, 16, 18, 32DET @ ATL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 27, 10, 19, 20, 13, 22, 16, 30ATL vs DET · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+9.5 38.4 last 10 · 28.9 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+7.9 19.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Josh JacksonPHX+6.5 17.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+5.9 22.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Andre DrummondDET+5.5 23.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.8 2.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.3 1.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Nikola MiroticMIL−4.1 12.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−4.1 14.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Garrett TempleLAC−3.6 5.6 last 10 · 9.2 season