FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 26, 2019Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ORL by 14 after the first quarter and won 108–103.

Final
ORL103
NYK108
Q1 NYK -14; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK -12; Q4 NYK +5
Final
BOS95
TOR118
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +21; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +23
Final
OKC112
DEN121
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +9
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 26, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs PHX), 53 points.
The lead · ORL @ NYK

New York takes down Orlando

A 5-point win over the 28–33 Magic. Final: 108–103. Emmanuel Mudiay led New York with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-5-12+5NYK AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL34272913103
NYK20362230108
Who led
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 21, 19, 25, 14, 14, 15, 19, 19NYK19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Allonzo TrierPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 7, 7, 4, 19, 6, 20, 9, 18NYK18 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 15, 19, 25, 17, 19, 23, 26ORL26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 14, 12, 20, 10, 17, 7, 26ORL26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ TOR

Toronto routs Boston by 23

Toronto led by 21 at halftime and won 118–95. Pascal Siakam led Toronto with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over ORL5DEN over OKC9TOR over BOS23Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.5Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 58 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 36

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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 16, 25, 27, 23, 20, 19, 22, 36DEN vs OKC · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 15, 19, 25, 17, 19, 23, 26ORL @ NYK · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 14, 12, 20, 10, 17, 7, 26ORL @ NYK · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 43, 37, 39, 27, 45, 47, 28, 45, 14, 25OKC @ DEN · L
28.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 16, 33, 10, 17, 44, 22, 10, 25TOR vs BOS · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 10, 3, 14, 8, 13, 10, 3, 23DEN vs OKC · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 3 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
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.4 35.0 last 10 · 28.6 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI+5.9 25.2 last 10 · 19.3 season
Pascal SiakamTOR+5.7 22.0 last 10 · 16.3 season
Malik BeasleyDEN+5.7 17.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cedi OsmanCLE+5.5 18.5 last 10 · 13.0 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−4.8 3.3 last 10 · 8.1 season
Anthony DavisNOP−4.7 22.9 last 10 · 27.6 season
Gary HarrisDEN−4.3 10.0 last 10 · 14.3 season