FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 30, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed PHX by 15 after the first quarter and won 120–115.

Final
CLE108
LAC132
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +24
Final
BOS96
BKN110
Q1 BKN -4; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +14
Final
SAC108
HOU119
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +11
Final
POR90
DET99
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +9
Final
ORL121
IND116
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +5
Final
MIA100
NYK92
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +8
Final
TOR124
CHI101
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +23
Final
PHI118
MIN109
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +9
Final
MEM120
PHX115
Q1 MEM -15; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +5
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 30, 2018: 9 games. Top scorer: Eric Bledsoe (MIL @ LAL), 39 points.
The lead · MEM @ PHX

Jonas Valanciunas drops 34 in 15-point comeback win over Phoenix

Phoenix led by 15 after one. Final: 120–115. Devin Booker scored 48 for Phoenix in the loss.

Game flow · MEM 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-8-4+5MEM AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM23313432120
PHX38243023115
Who led
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 8, 22, 33, 23, 20, 18, 27, 34MEM34 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 40, 28, 26, 20, 28, 35, 23, 22, 33MEM33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 29, 40, 25, 26, 32, 59, 50, 48PHX48 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 2, 17, 8, 25, 20, 19, 9, 14, 17PHX17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg43.0Last 5

43.0 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 61 earlier games. Today: 48 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Clippers by 24.

ORL over IND5MEM over PHX5MIA over NYK8DET over POR9PHI over MIN9HOU over SAC11BKN over BOS14TOR over CHI23LAC over CLE24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 50

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 41, 20, 31, 57, 61, 28, 23, 38, 50HOU vs SAC · W
36.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Mar 14, 2009: 50 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
50 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 27, 29, 40, 25, 26, 32, 59, 50, 48PHX vs MEM · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 3, 2006: 47 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
48 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 8, 22, 33, 23, 20, 18, 27, 34MEM @ PHX · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 20 REB · 5 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 40, 28, 26, 20, 28, 35, 23, 22, 33MEM @ PHX · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 14, 20, 32, 44, 21, 39, 13, 29BKN vs BOS · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 20, 15, 14, 24, 7, 17, 5, 28DET vs POR · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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+10.4 37.3 last 10 · 26.9 season
Jalen BrunsonDAL+7.7 16.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeLAL+7.5 18.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Collin SextonCLE+7.1 23.6 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jonas ValanciunasMEM+6.7 22.4 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Anthony DavisNOP−8.8 17.1 last 10 · 25.9 season
Alec BurksSAC−7.6 1.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kent BazemoreATL−5.9 5.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin DurantGSW−5.3 21.5 last 10 · 26.8 season
Marc GasolTOR−5.1 8.8 last 10 · 13.9 season