FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 5, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed POR by 13 after the first quarter and won 120–111.

Final
CHI96
IND105
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +9
Final
ORL106
PHI114
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +8
Final
POR111
MEM120
Q1 MEM -13; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +9
Final
OKC120
MIN131
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +11
Final
HOU107
TOR95
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +12
Final
BOS128
GSW95
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +25; Q3 BOS +29; Q4 BOS +33
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 5, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ LAL), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ MEM

Mike Conley hits six threes, Memphis tops Portland

40 points for Mike Conley. Final: 120–111.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-13-2-4+9MEM AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR33302325111
MEM20412138120
Who led
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 11, 12, 25, 18, 30, 21, 12, 40MEM40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Delon WrightPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 12, 6, 15, 9, 9, 4, 17, 25MEM25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 15, 21, 15, 35, 14, 35, 6, 27POR27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 29, 13, 17, 21, 33, 24, 23, 24POR24 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · HOU @ TOR

Houston makes it six straight

Houston beat Toronto 107–95 and moved to 39–25. James Harden led Houston with 35 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
Lvs OKC112–117Wvs DAL120–104L@ MIN111–121L@ LAL106–111W@ GSW118–112Wvs ATL119–111W@ CHA118–113Wvs MIA121–118W@ BOS115–104W@ TOR107–95HOU: last 10 games through Mar 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.9Season avg36.4Last 5

36.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 41

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 32, 24, 25, 34, 37, 42, 28, 41MIN vs OKC · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Apr 6, 2003: 41 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
41 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 11, 12, 25, 18, 30, 21, 12, 40MEM vs POR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Lamond Murray CLE, Jan 2, 2002: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Career high40 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 44, 43, 41, 22, 23, 19, 22, 38OKC @ MIN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 42, 31, 42, 30, 28, 30, 58, 42, 35HOU @ TOR · W
36.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 26, 18, 5, 9, 3, 3, 6, 30BOS @ GSW · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 20, 20, 18, 25, 22, 37, 25, 27IND vs CHI · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+7.5 25.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Avery BradleyMEM+7.4 17.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+7.4 31.6 last 10 · 24.2 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.7 29.4 last 10 · 22.7 season
Bojan BogdanovicIND+5.4 23.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−9.4 17.7 last 10 · 27.1 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−4.9 1.9 last 10 · 6.8 season
Garrett TempleLAC−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Gary HarrisDEN−4.8 9.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Caris LeVertBKN−4.8 10.2 last 10 · 15.0 season