FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 18, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed DAL by 10 at halftime and won 129–125.

Final
DET119
CLE126
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +7
Final
UTA116
WAS95
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DEN114
BOS105
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +9
Final
NYK92
TOR128
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +32; Q4 TOR +36
Final
MIA116
OKC107
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +9
Final
GSW105
SAS111
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +6
Final · OT
NOP129
DAL125
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -10; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +4
Final
CHI116
PHX101
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +15
Final
IND98
POR106
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +8
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 18, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ TOR), 37 points.
The lead · NOP @ DAL

Julius Randle scores 30, New Orleans rallies past Dallas

New Orleans trailed by 10 at the half and won 129–125.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-10+50+4NOP AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOP2821352619129
DAL3425203115125
Who led
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 30, 23, 18, 23, 23, 45, 21, 30NOP30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 22, 17, 15, 16, 15, 21, 15, 20NOP20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 22, 16, 31, 24, 19, 12, 24, 29DAL29 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 20, 10, 7, 17, 15, 9, 10, 17, 22, 21DAL21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Toronto posts the night's biggest win

Toronto beat New York by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

NOP over DAL4SAS over GSW6CLE over DET7POR over IND8DEN over BOS9MIA over OKC9CHI over PHX15UTA over WAS21TOR over NYK36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 61 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 31

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 25, 32, 15, 14, 25, 36, 29, 31OKC vs MIA · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 23, 24, 51, 18, 20, 24, 34, 30POR vs IND · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 15 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 30, 23, 18, 23, 23, 45, 21, 30NOP @ DAL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 31, 13, 24, 19, 30, 18, 31, 30, 30BOS vs DEN · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 22, 16, 31, 24, 19, 12, 24, 29DAL vs NOP · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Jan 28, 2022: 29 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 3, 10, 10, 22, 6, 15, 10, 15, 28IND @ POR · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 10 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+8.2 32.8 last 10 · 24.6 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+8.0 16.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
Robin LopezCHI+7.0 16.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Collin SextonCLE+6.6 22.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Dwight PowellDAL+5.8 16.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.4 last 10 · 26.2 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