FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 28, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DAL by 10 at halftime and won 105–99.

Final
ORL98
DET115
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +23; Q4 DET +17
Final
BKN110
PHI123
Q1 PHI +15; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +13
Final
DAL99
MIA105
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -10; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA +6
Final
TOR117
NYK92
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +23; Q4 TOR +25
Final
DEN85
HOU112
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +27
Final
LAC118
MIL128
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +21; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +10
Final
SAC118
NOP121
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP +5; Q4 NOP +3
Final
CLE110
SAS116
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -9; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +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 28, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN vs ATL), 56 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIA

Goran Dragic posts 23-12-11 as Miami tops Dallas

A triple-double in a 105–99 win.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-3-10-7+6MIA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2930231799
MIA26232630105
Who led
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 4, 19, 26, 22, 0, 9, 2, 23MIA23 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 10, 12, 6, 18, 9, 19, 26, 17MIA17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 12, 24, 29, 24, 13, 23, 28, 19DAL19 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Justin JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 0, 4, 6, 21, 19, 9, 2, 14DAL14 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Denver by 27, the widest margin of 8 games.

NOP over SAC3MIA over DAL6SAS over CLE6MIL over LAC10PHI over BKN13DET over ORL17TOR over NYK25HOU over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.9Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.9 in 74 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 74 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 39

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 33, 17, 21, 40, 37, 27, 20, 39PHI vs BKN · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 21, 19, 30, 26, 18, 17, 13, 39MIL vs LAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 41, 20, 31, 57, 61, 28, 23, 38HOU vs DEN · W
36.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 27, 24, 33, 52, 27, 26, 19, 34MIL vs LAC · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 23, 45, 21, 30, 6, 15, 24, 34NOP vs SAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 16, 12, 19, 33, 25, 23, 13, 31TOR @ NYK · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 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
Devin BookerPHX+8.3 34.8 last 10 · 26.5 season
Collin SextonCLE+7.9 24.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.7 16.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jonas ValanciunasMEM+5.4 20.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL+5.4 15.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.7 1.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Marc GasolTOR−6.1 7.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Evan TurnerPOR−5.2 1.4 last 10 · 6.6 season
Kent BazemoreATL−5.1 6.7 last 10 · 11.8 season