FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 16, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed IND by 11 after the first quarter and won 102–100.

Final
ATL120
BOS129
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +9
Final · OT
PHX138
NOP136
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +2
Final
MEM128
WAS135
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +7
Final
CLE116
DAL121
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +5
Final
GSW110
OKC88
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +22
Final
POR103
SAS108
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS +5
Final
IND100
DEN102
Q1 DEN -11; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +2
Final
BKN98
UTA114
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +16
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 16, 2018: 6 games. Top scorer: Goran Dragic (MIA @ LAL), 30 points.
The lead · IND @ DEN

Denver rallies from 11 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 11 after one, Denver outscored the Pacers 77–64 the rest of the way. Final: 102–100. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-11-3+4+2DEN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND36241525100
DEN25322223102
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 16, 20, 22, 12, 16, 18, 11, 26DEN26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 23, 21, 8, 12, 23, 5, 6, 11, 17DEN17 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 10, 11, 18IND18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 8, 23, 22, 9, 14, 16, 17, 17IND17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 60 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg4.8Last 3

4.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · POR @ SAS

San Antonio makes it eight straight

San Antonio beat Portland 108–103 and moved to 41–29. DeMar DeRozan led San Antonio with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
L@ NYK118–130L@ BKN85–101Wvs DET105–93Wvs OKC116–102Wvs DEN104–103W@ ATL111–104Wvs MIL121–114W@ DAL112–105Wvs NYK109–83Wvs POR108–103SAS: last 10 games through Mar 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 40

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 25, 22, 41, 23, 37, 27, 29, 40PHX @ NOP · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Baron Davis GSW, Apr 5, 2005: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 22, 30, 15, 36, 27, 23, 40, 40WAS vs MEM · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Crawford NYK, Jan 25, 2005: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 24, 23, 24, 51, 18, 20, 24, 34POR @ SAS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 24, 33, 28, 23, 17, 18, 24, 33GSW @ OKC · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kelly Oubre Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 19, 14, 27, 18, 17, 22, 18, 22, 32PHX @ NOP · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 37, 7, 31, 13, 24, 19, 30, 18, 31, 30BOS vs ATL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 9 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+8.5 33.1 last 10 · 24.6 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.5 16.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Trae YoungATL+7.2 25.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Robin LopezCHI+7.1 16.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Dwight PowellDAL+6.7 16.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−9.5 16.8 last 10 · 26.3 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.0 2.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Blake GriffinDET−6.7 18.0 last 10 · 24.7 season
Juancho HernangomezDEN−5.7 0.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Serge IbakaTOR−5.3 9.8 last 10 · 15.1 season