FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 2, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 12 points, by GSW (vs PHI) and NOP (vs DEN).

Final
DET129
CLE93
Q1 DET +19; Q2 DET +33; Q3 DET +28; Q4 DET +36
Final
ORL117
IND112
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL -4; Q4 ORL +5
Final
BKN88
MIA117
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +29
Final
MEM111
DAL81
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +13; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +30
Final
GSW120
PHI117
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -12; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +3
Final
OKC102
SAS116
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +14
Final
NOP120
DEN112
Q1 NOP -12; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +8
Final
LAL109
PHX118
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +9
Final
MIL111
UTA115
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +4
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 2, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ PHX), 43 points.
The lead · GSW @ PHI

Kevin Durant scores 34, Golden State holds off Philadelphia

Final: 120–117. Kevin Durant added 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-1-12+3+3GSW AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW31243827120
PHI32352327117
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 39, 28, 32, 28, 29, 20, 29, 34GSW34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 24, 32, 36, 25, 16, 24, 33, 28GSW28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 8, 16, 18, 21, 29, 14, 11, 25PHI25 PTS · 15 REB · 11 AST
Mike ScottPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 7, 0, 8, 3, 15, 12, 9, 22PHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.9Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.9 in 57 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Detroit posts the night's biggest win

Detroit beat Cleveland by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

GSW over PHI3UTA over MIL4ORL over IND5NOP over DEN8PHX over LAL9SAS over OKC14MIA over BKN29MEM over DAL30DET over CLE36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Donovan Mitchell 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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 21, 23, 25, 38, 25, 32, 24, 46UTA vs MIL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +23.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 27, 2016: 46 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Career high46 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 43, 29, 29, 33, 30, 27, 17, 16, 43MIL @ UTA · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Mar 2, 2018: 43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
43 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 39, 28, 32, 28, 29, 20, 29, 34GSW @ PHI · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 16, 15, 15, 28, 22, 21, 18, 29MIL @ UTA · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 16, 32, 14, 27, 22, 19, 21, 29NOP @ DEN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 15, 33, 15, 24, 19, 35, 22, 28NOP @ DEN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
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 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Bradley BealWAS+5.6 31.4 last 10 · 25.8 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.1 19.2 last 10 · 27.3 season
Caris LeVertBKN−5.4 9.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Rodney HoodPOR−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Josh HartLAL−5.0 3.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.9 11.9 last 10 · 16.8 season