FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 19, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed SAC by 25 after three quarters and won 123–121.

Final
PHI118
CHA114
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +4
Final
HOU121
ATL105
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +16
Final
LAL101
MIL115
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +14
Final
GSW117
MIN107
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +10
Final
BKN123
SAC121
Q1 BKN -13; Q2 BKN -8; Q3 BKN -25; Q4 BKN +2
Final
IND109
LAC115
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +6
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 19, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs MIL), 40 points.
The lead · BKN @ SAC

D'Angelo Russell scores 44 as Brooklyn beats Sacramento

Brooklyn won 123–121. D'Angelo Russell: 44 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-8-25+2BKN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN25332045123
SAC38283718121
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 13, 25, 18, 11, 14, 20, 32, 44BKN44 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Rondae Hollis-JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 2, 8, 6, 5, 6, 0, 6, 14BKN14 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Marvin Bagley IIIPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 28, 19, 25, 9, 14, 15, 21, 28SAC28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 16, 16, 30, 23, 19, 16, 17, 27SAC27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · PHI @ CHA

Philadelphia extends win streak to 5

118–114 over Charlotte. Record: 46–25. Ben Simmons led Philadelphia with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
W@ OKC108–104Lvs GSW117–120Wvs ORL114–106L@ CHI107–108L@ HOU91–107Wvs IND106–89Wvs CLE106–99Wvs SAC123–114W@ MIL130–125W@ CHA118–114PHI: last 10 games through Mar 19, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 70 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

D'Angelo Russell leads the day with 44

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.
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 13, 25, 18, 11, 14, 20, 32, 44BKN @ SAC · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ramon Sessions MIL, Feb 7, 2009: 44 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Career high44 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 28, 23, 17, 18, 24, 33, 25, 36GSW @ MIN · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 4, 0, 2, 24, 9, 17, 11, 35LAL @ MIL · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 58, 42, 35, 31, 20, 28, 29, 41, 20, 31HOU @ ATL · W
35.8 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 6, 27, 9, 15, 23, 21, 19, 30MIL vs LAL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Ben SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 16, 18, 15, 15, 26, 18, 8, 28PHI @ CHA · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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
Jalen BrunsonDAL+8.0 16.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
Karl-Anthony TownsMIN+7.4 32.0 last 10 · 24.6 season
Robin LopezCHI+7.0 16.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Collin SextonCLE+6.6 22.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Marvin Bagley IIISAC+5.9 20.2 last 10 · 14.3 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