FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 4, 2020Regular season · 9 games
← Mar 3CalendarMar 5 →

9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed CHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 115–108.

Final
BOS112
CLE106
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +6
Final
OKC114
DET107
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +7
Final
IND100
MIL119
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +19
Final
MEM118
BKN79
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +39
Final
ORL113
MIA116
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
UTA112
NYK104
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +8
Final
CHI108
MIN115
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final · OT
NOP123
DAL127
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +4
Final
WAS104
POR125
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +21
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 · 2018–19Mar 4, 2019: 7 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NOP @ UTA), 30 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIN

Minnesota beats Chicago, 115–108

Minnesota led 88–79 after three and won by 7. Malik Beasley led Minnesota with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+9+7MIN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI29292129108
MIN22333327115
Who led
Malik BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 27, 17, 21, 21, 17, 14, 28, 24MIN24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 26, 18, 29, 27, 28, 16, 23, 19MIN19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 12, 33, 33, 35, 22, 19, 26CHI26 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille HarrisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 6, 13, 8, 2, 11, 5, 2, 17CHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MEM @ BKN

Memphis routs Brooklyn by 39

Memphis led by 7 at halftime and won 118–79. Josh Jackson led Memphis with 19 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over ORL3DAL over NOP4BOS over CLE6OKC over DET7MIN over CHI7UTA over NYK8MIL over IND19POR over WAS21MEM over BKN39Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over BKN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 61 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Collin Sexton leads the day with 41

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.
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 25, 17, 13, 28, 31, 16, 32, 41CLE vs BOS · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kyrie Irving CLE, Jun 13, 2016: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Terrence RossPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 5, 19, 21, 14, 33, 21, 23, 35ORL @ MIA · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 28, 27, 24, 15, 28, 24, 38, 34DAL vs NOP · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 15, 39, 28, 41, 36, 33, 32, 32BOS @ CLE · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 21, 7, 17, 18, 30, 22, 16, 32NYK vs UTA · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 21, 33, 33, 20, 26, 23, 23, 30DAL vs NOP · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Vucevic ORL, Feb 19, 2021: 30 PTS · 16 REB · 10 AST
30 PTS · 17 REB · 10 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+10.4 21.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Christian WoodDET+8.9 21.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Coby WhiteCHI+8.6 21.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jayson TatumBOS+7.8 31.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+7.3 19.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−6.1 11.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jordan McRaeDET−5.2 6.4 last 10 · 11.6 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.8 16.3 last 10 · 21.1 season