FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 26, 2020Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHX by 8 after the first quarter and won 102–92.

Final
NYK101
CHA107
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +6
Final
PHI94
CLE108
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +14
Final
BKN106
WAS110
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +4
Final
ORL130
ATL120
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +10
Final
MIN129
MIA126
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +3
Final
MEM112
HOU140
Q1 HOU +18; Q2 HOU +26; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +28
Final
DAL109
SAS103
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +6
Final
LAC102
PHX92
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +10
Final
BOS114
UTA103
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +11
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 26, 2019: 3 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs OKC), 36 points.
The lead · LAC @ PHX

Clippers fight back from 8 down against Phoenix

Final: 102–92, after trailing by 8 after one. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-8+5+10+10LAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC21332226102
PHX2920172692
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 22, 14, 29, 30, 28, 31, 25, 24LAC24 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 28, 26, 10, 13, 10, 6, 13, 18LAC18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Deandre AytonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 25, 26, 12, 28, 17, 28, 16, 25PHX25 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 5, 15, 13, 9, 13, 18, 22, 18PHX18 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Second story · ORL @ ATL

Orlando beats Atlanta, 130–120

Orlando led 103–95 after three and won by 10. Evan Fournier led Orlando with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over MIA3WAS over BKN4CHA over NYK6DAL over SAS6ORL over ATL10LAC over PHX10BOS over UTA11CLE over PHI14HOU over MEM28Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 37

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 38, 48, 29, 27, 50, 25, 28, 37ATL vs ORL · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 16, 24, 23, 26, 12, 31, 38, 37UTA vs BOS · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 6, 29, 23, 37, 11, 20, 25, 17, 19, 34BKN @ WAS · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 32, 39, 32, 22, 41, 39, 36, 21, 34, 33HOU vs MEM · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 32, 26, 15, 39, 28, 41, 36, 33BOS @ UTA · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 43, 29, 26, 30, 30, 26, 53, 55, 30WAS vs BKN · W
30.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 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
Malik BeasleyMIN+9.5 19.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jayson TatumBOS+7.8 31.1 last 10 · 23.3 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL+6.0 21.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kristaps PorzingisDAL+6.0 24.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Caris LeVertBKN+5.8 22.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeLAC−6.3 14.7 last 10 · 21.0 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.3 5.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Devin BookerPHX−4.9 21.2 last 10 · 26.1 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−4.4 10.9 last 10 · 15.3 season