FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 17, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BKN by 7 after the first quarter and won 119–116.

Final
LAL123
NYK124
Q1 NYK +11; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +1
Final
CHA75
MIA93
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +18
Final
PHI130
MIL125
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +5
Final
TOR107
DET110
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET +3
Final
ATL91
ORL101
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +10
Final
CHI102
SAC129
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +27
Final
MIN102
HOU117
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +15
Final
BKN116
LAC119
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +3
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 17, 2018: 11 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS vs MIN), 39 points.
The lead · BKN @ LAC

Clippers win a tight one over Brooklyn

119–116. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Lou Williams led Clippers with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+50+3LAC AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN30253229116
LAC23372732119
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 17, 18, 21, 40, 34, 18, 21, 25LAC25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 18, 19, 20, 23, 34, 25, 27, 20LAC20 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 10, 13, 25, 18, 11, 14, 20, 32BKN32 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
DeMarre CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 20, 8, 22, 4, 13, 5, 5, 22BKN22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 60 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg9.2Last 3

9.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Chicago by 27.

NYK over LAL1DET over TOR3LAC over BKN3PHI over MIL5ORL over ATL10HOU over MIN15MIA over CHA18SAC over CHI27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 52

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 43, 21, 29, 26, 27, 24, 33, 52MIL vs PHI · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Davis NOP, Oct 26, 2016: 50 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Career high52 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 15, 37, 23, 26, 33, 17, 21, 40PHI @ MIL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, May 13, 2021: 40 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 31, 27, 27, 31, 30, 36, 29, 33LAL @ NYK · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 25, 21, 38, 26, 31, 25, 25, 33TOR @ DET · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 10, 13, 25, 18, 11, 14, 20, 32BKN @ LAC · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 16, 8, 2, 9, 4, 21, 14, 28NYK vs LAL · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 8 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+8.2 32.8 last 10 · 24.6 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.5 16.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Dwight PowellDAL+6.7 16.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Julius RandleNOP+5.7 26.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Bojan BogdanovicIND+5.6 23.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−9.5 16.8 last 10 · 26.3 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.7 1.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Blake GriffinDET−6.2 18.5 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