FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 1, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime.

Final · 4+OT
CHI168
ATL161
Final
CHA123
BKN112
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +11
Final
WAS96
BOS107
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +11
Final
POR117
TOR119
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +2
Final
NOP130
PHX116
Q1 NOP -5; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +14
Final
LAC116
SAC109
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +7
Final
MIL131
LAL120
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +11
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 · 2017–18Mar 1, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs MIN), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ LAL

Eric Bledsoe scores 31 as Milwaukee wins in Los Angeles

Final: 131–120. Eric Bledsoe made 12 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-6-1+11MIL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL27323438131
LAL26392926120
Who led
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 19, 19, 4, 5, 16, 8, 26, 31MIL31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 14, 17, 17, 15, 16, 22, 25, 21MIL21 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 28, 18, 28, 29, 27, 24, 33, 31LAL31 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 11, 19, 19, 27, 29, 32, 23, 31LAL31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.8Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.8 in 62 earlier games. Today: 49 points in 56 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: New Orleans by 14.

TOR over POR2LAC over SAC7CHA over BKN11BOS over WAS11MIL over LAL11NOP over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 49

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 13, 22, 16, 30, 23, 36, 36, 49ATL vs CHI · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +31.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Dec 25, 2023: 50 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Career high49 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 26, 27, 15, 22, 42, 11, 30, 47CHI @ ATL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Dec 30, 2000: 46 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Career high47 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 16, 18, 24, 11, 30, 25, 21, 38TOR vs POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 14, 13, 15, 21, 15, 35, 14, 35POR @ TOR · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 20, 20, 21, 25, 35, 26, 22, 31CHI @ ATL · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 28, 18, 28, 29, 27, 24, 33, 31LAL vs MIL · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 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
Trae YoungATL+8.1 26.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cedi OsmanCLE+6.7 19.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Lauri MarkkanenCHI+6.5 26.1 last 10 · 19.6 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.4 35.0 last 10 · 28.6 season
Bojan BogdanovicIND+5.8 23.2 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.1 19.2 last 10 · 27.3 season
Caris LeVertBKN−6.1 9.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Josh HartLAL−5.2 2.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Rodney HoodPOR−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.0 1.9 last 10 · 6.9 season