FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 7, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DEN by 10 after the first quarter and won 104–102.

Final
HOU99
CHA108
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +9
Final
UTA111
DET105
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +6
Final
DEN102
CLE104
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +2
Final
ATL101
MEM118
Q1 MEM +20; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +17
Final
PHI114
GSW118
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -8; Q4 GSW +4
Final
SAC123
POR111
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +23; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +12
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 7, 2019: 2 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs OKC), 51 points.
The lead · DEN @ CLE

Cleveland rallies from 10 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 10 after one, Cleveland outscored the Nuggets 81–69 the rest of the way. Final: 104–102. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-10-3+2+2CLE AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN33282219102
CLE23352719104
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 9, 17, 13, 10, 20, 22, 26, 27CLE27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 17, 13, 28, 31, 16, 32, 41, 25CLE25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 16, 7, 5, 18, 11, 18, 16, 22DEN22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 7, 13, 9, 4, 15, 8, 14, 18DEN18 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHI @ GSW

Golden State climbs out of an 8-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 8 after three, the Warriors won the fourth quarter 36–24 and the game 118–114. Damion Lee led Golden State with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · GSW vs PHI
Damion Lee · GSWTobias Harris · PHIPTS2424REB64AST34Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 14 assists.

Top performances

Bojan Bogdanovic leads the day with 32

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.
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 12, 16, 3, 21, 28, 23, 8, 32UTA @ DET · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 42, 29, 38, 37, 30, 21, 35, 16, 30HOU @ CHA · L
34.5 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Paul NOH, Mar 11, 2009: 30 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
30 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
Christian WoodPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 26, 18, 26, 20, 19, 20, 29, 30DET vs UTA · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 5, 16, 13, 22, 15, 9, 14, 27MEM vs ATL · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 20, 17, 11, 5, 15, 21, 13, 27SAC @ POR · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 35, 21, 26, 33, 24, 12, 26, 27ATL @ MEM · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 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
Malik BeasleyMIN+11.5 22.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Coby WhiteCHI+9.6 22.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Christian WoodDET+8.9 21.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Caris LeVertBKN+6.5 24.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Jayson TatumBOS+6.5 30.0 last 10 · 23.5 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−7.4 10.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−5.6 15.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Glenn Robinson IIIPHI−4.3 7.7 last 10 · 12.0 season