FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 23, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed GSW by 10 at halftime and won 115–101.

Final
BOS112
LAL114
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +2
Final
MIN116
DEN128
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +12
Final
IND81
TOR127
Q1 TOR +22; Q2 TOR +31; Q3 TOR +30; Q4 TOR +46
Final
WAS117
CHI126
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +9
Final
SAS103
OKC131
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +28
Final
NOP115
GSW101
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -10; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +14
Final
DET104
POR107
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +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 · 2018–19Feb 23, 2019: 12 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (CHI vs BOS), 42 points.
The lead · NOP @ GSW

New Orleans climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 10 at the half. New Orleans won it 115–101. Zion Williamson led New Orleans with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-4-100+14NOP AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP29173138115
GSW33232124101
Who led
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 24, 21, 20, 21, 31, 32, 25, 28NOP28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 11, 7, 9, 31, 16, 14, 20, 23NOP23 PTS · 7 REB · 15 AST
Damion LeePoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 18, 19, 7, 8, 26, 10, 13, 22GSW22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 3, 2, 16, 19, 12, 12, 19, 19GSW19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DET @ POR

Portland takes over late to edge Detroit

Down 5 after three, Portland won the fourth 27–19. Final: 107–104. CJ McCollum led Portland with 41 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over BOS2POR over DET3CHI over WAS9DEN over MIN12NOP over GSW14OKC over SAS28TOR over IND46Final margin, points. Pink = POR over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 45 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Bradley Beal leads the day with 53

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.
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 47, 34, 34, 43, 29, 26, 30, 30, 26, 53WAS @ CHI · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, May 9, 2001: 54 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Career high53 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 20, 19, 27, 13, 20, 23, 27, 41POR vs DET · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 15, 2019: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Season high41 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 28, 33, 32, 26, 15, 39, 28, 41BOS @ LAL · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, May 1, 2009: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ties career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 11, 12, 14, 6, 14, 12, 33, 33CHI vs WAS · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 21, 18, 32, 27, 25, 33, 28, 32LAL vs BOS · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 22, 18, 22, 32, 41, 19, 20, 32CHI vs WAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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
Russell WestbrookHOU+6.9 34.1 last 10 · 27.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA+6.0 19.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Malik MonkCHA+5.9 16.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jayson TatumBOS+5.8 28.7 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jordan ClarksonUTA+5.7 21.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Josh RichardsonPHI−4.9 9.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Devonte' GrahamCHA−4.7 12.9 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.4 17.3 last 10 · 21.7 season
Brandon IngramNOP−4.2 20.3 last 10 · 24.5 season