FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 23, 2019Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIA by 9 after the first quarter and won 119–96.

Final
POR130
PHI115
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +15
Final
PHX112
ATL120
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +8
Final
BKN117
CHA115
Q1 BKN +14; Q2 BKN +13; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +2
Final
MEM107
CLE112
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
LAL115
NOP128
Q1 NOP +7; Q2 NOP +12; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +13
Final
IND119
WAS112
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +7
Final
DET119
MIA96
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +23
Final
BOS116
CHI126
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +10
Final
SAC119
OKC116
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +3
Final
HOU118
GSW112
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +6
Final
MIN128
MIL140
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +12
Final
DAL109
UTA125
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +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 · 2017–18Feb 23, 2018: 11 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs MIA), 45 points.
The lead · DET @ MIA

Detroit climbs back to beat Miami

Miami led by 9 after one. Detroit won it 119–96. Ish Smith led Detroit with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+8+8+23DET AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET20343035119
MIA2917302096
Who led
Ish SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 0, 6, 3, 11, 7, 2, 10, 22DET22 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 24, 17, 29, 26, 31, 32, 15, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 14, 18, 21, 37, 12, 14, 13, 22MIA22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 3, 9, 12, 24, 11, 20, 18, 17MIA17 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · BOS @ CHI

Chicago upsets Boston

Chicago (15–44) beat Boston (37–22) 126–116. Zach LaVine led Chicago with 42 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BKN over CHA2SAC over OKC3CLE over MEM5HOU over GSW6IND over WAS7ATL over PHX8CHI over BOS10MIL over MIN12NOP over LAL13POR over PHI15UTA over DAL16DET over MIA23Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over BOS.
Top performances

Zach LaVine 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.
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 18, 28, 26, 26, 27, 15, 22, 42CHI vs BOS · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Apr 7, 1997: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Career high42 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 22, 16, 15, 21, 21, 44, 43, 41OKC vs SAC · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Nov 11, 2004: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 23, 18, 27, 23, 28, 36, 14, 40BKN @ CHA · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Crawford GSW, Dec 1, 2008: 40 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 26, 32, 23, 30, 24, 14, 22, 37BOS @ CHI · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 30, 30, 31, 20, 20, 21, 25, 35CHI vs BOS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 27, 30, 25, 31, 32, 28, 46, 35WAS vs IND · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 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
Malik BeasleyDEN+7.9 19.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+7.5 36.2 last 10 · 28.7 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.9 26.4 last 10 · 20.5 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+5.9 22.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Kenneth FariedHOU+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.6 2.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.3 1.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Josh HartLAL−4.3 4.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Nikola MiroticMIL−3.6 12.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Garrett TempleLAC−3.6 5.6 last 10 · 9.2 season