FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 3, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MEM by 8 after three quarters and won 99–95.

Final
POR118
CHA108
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +10
Final
HOU115
BOS104
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +22; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +11
Final
ATL123
CHI118
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +5
Final
NYK107
LAC128
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +36; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +21
Final
ORL93
CLE107
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +14
Final · OT
TOR107
DET112
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
MIN121
WAS135
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +14
Final
MEM95
OKC99
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -6; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC +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 3, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: Gary Harris (DEN @ CLE), 32 points.
The lead · MEM @ OKC

OKC climbs out of an 8-point hole against Memphis

Down 8 after three, the Thunder won the fourth quarter 32–20 and the game 99–95. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-6-8+4OKC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2824232095
OKC2521213299
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 21, 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22OKC22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 16, 17, 9, 14, 11, 14, 18, 17OKC17 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 33, 15, 17, 4, 15, 23, 15, 27MEM27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Delon WrightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 4, 12, 6, 15, 9, 9, 4, 17MEM17 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · TOR @ DET

Detroit needs overtime to survive Toronto

Tied 100–100 after regulation. Detroit won the final period 12–7 for a 112–107 win. Blake Griffin led Detroit with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs TOR
Blake Griffin · DETKyle Lowry · TORPTS2735REB77AST15Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.3Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 44, 36, 42, 31, 42, 30, 28, 30, 58, 42HOU @ BOS · W
36.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rasheed Wallace POR, Feb 20, 2001: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
42 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 22, 13, 14, 17, 19, 7, 19, 35TOR @ DET · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 13, 18, 13, 14, 25, 16, 6, 32HOU @ BOS · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 25, 17, 19, 23, 26, 12, 27, 28ORL @ CLE · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 27, 32, 24, 25, 34, 37, 42, 28MIN @ WAS · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Alex LenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 11, 6, 8, 0, 3, 1, 24, 28ATL @ CHI · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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+8.0 26.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Avery BradleyMEM+6.7 16.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+6.7 30.6 last 10 · 23.9 season
Paul GeorgeOKC+6.4 35.0 last 10 · 28.6 season
Bojan BogdanovicIND+5.8 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.1 19.2 last 10 · 27.3 season
Caris LeVertBKN−5.4 9.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Garrett TempleLAC−5.0 3.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Josh HartLAL−5.0 3.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Harrison BarnesSAC−4.9 11.9 last 10 · 16.8 season