FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 12, 2019Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CHI by 18 after the first quarter and won 123–107.

Final
NYK98
IND103
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +5
Final
CLE99
PHI106
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
LAL123
CHI107
Q1 LAL -18; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +16
Final
SAS112
DAL105
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MIL130
NOP113
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +17
Final
MIN107
DEN133
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +26
Final
POR125
LAC104
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +21
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 12, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs MIA), 32 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHI

LeBron James drops 36 in 18-point comeback win over Chicago

Chicago led by 18 after one. Final: 123–107.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-5+14+16LAL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL16394325123
CHI34262423107
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 24, 33, 31, 27, 27, 31, 30, 36LAL36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 2, 2, 7, 4, 4, 0, 2, 24LAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Robin LopezPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 4, 11, 16, 20, 19, 13, 9, 20CHI20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 37, 17, 0, 20, 31, 7, 15, 23, 17, 19CHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 58 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 60 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · POR @ LAC

Portland rolls past Clippers, 125–104

The Clippers were held to 20 points in the fourth quarter. CJ McCollum led Portland with 35 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over NYK5PHI over CLE7SAS over DAL7LAL over CHI16MIL over NOP17POR over LAC21DEN over MIN26Final margin, points. Pink = POR over LAC.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 24, 33, 31, 27, 27, 31, 30, 36LAL @ CHI · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 35, 14, 35, 6, 27, 25, 26, 35POR @ LAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 34, 37, 42, 28, 41, 24, 40, 34MIN @ DEN · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 8, 24, 2, 10, 11, 18, 18, 34DAL vs SAS · L
8.3 PPG season to date · +26.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 32, 23, 17, 18, 24, 14, 28, 33SAS @ DAL · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 16, 20, 21, 20, 25, 19, 11, 30DEN vs MIN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 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
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+8.3 32.9 last 10 · 24.6 season
Trae YoungATL+7.9 26.1 last 10 · 18.2 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.7 16.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+6.9 30.0 last 10 · 23.1 season
Robin LopezCHI+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−10.9 15.6 last 10 · 26.5 season
Blake GriffinDET−6.4 18.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
Marc GasolTOR−6.1 8.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Garrett TempleLAC−5.9 2.3 last 10 · 8.2 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.7 0.8 last 10 · 6.5 season