FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 24, 2019Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL113
TOR98
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +15
Final
LAC96
DEN123
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +27
Final
SAS118
NYK130
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +12
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 24, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ PHX), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ NYK

New York knocks off San Antonio, 130–118

The Spurs came in at 33–27; the Knicks at 11–48. Damyean Dotson led New York with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+9+11+12NYK AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS26273035118
NYK30323236130
Who led
Damyean DotsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 4, 10, 4, 8, 16, 13, 20, 27NYK27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 13, 8, 25, 31, 13, 10, 13, 19, 7, 19NYK19 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 15, 13, 24, 35, 23, 12, 23, 32SAS32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 20, 25, 22, 17, 15, 22, 6, 18SAS18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ORL @ TOR

Orlando leads Toronto wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 113–98. Best quarter: the fourth, 33–27. Terrence Ross led Orlando with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over SAS12ORL over TOR15DEN over LAC27Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg7.9Last 3

7.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 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: 8, 26, 15, 13, 24, 35, 23, 12, 23, 32SAS @ NYK · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 30, 7, 26, 32, 15, 18, 3, 21, 15, 28ORL @ TOR · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Damyean DotsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 4, 10, 4, 8, 16, 13, 20, 27NYK vs SAS · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 39, 18, 31, 10, 15, 45, 30, 18, 24LAC @ DEN · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 17, 21, 15, 19, 25, 17, 19, 23ORL @ TOR · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 13, 16, 25, 27, 23, 20, 19, 22DEN vs LAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 16 REB · 3 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+7.5 36.2 last 10 · 28.7 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+7.0 18.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
D'Angelo RussellBKN+5.9 26.4 last 10 · 20.5 season
Kenneth FariedHOU+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.5 16.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Rodney McGruderMIA−5.6 2.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.1 1.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Josh HartLAL−4.3 4.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Gary HarrisDEN−3.7 10.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
Nikola MiroticMIL−3.6 12.8 last 10 · 16.4 season