FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 18, 2021Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
TOR110
MIL96
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +14
Final
BKN109
LAL98
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +11; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +11
Final
MIA118
SAC110
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Miami beats Sacramento, 118–110

Miami led 89–79 after three and won by 8. Tyler Herro led Miami with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+14+10+8MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA31263229118
SAC21223631110
Who led
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 17, 16, 15, 12, 27, 11, 27MIA27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 17, 15, 20, 6, 7, 2, 7, 22MIA22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Nemanja BjelicaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 1, 2, 12, 2, 4, 15, 9, 0, 25SAC25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Marvin Bagley IIIPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 17, 10, 9, 3, 9, 17, 19, 19SAC19 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BKN @ LAL

Brooklyn leads Lakers wire to wire

Brooklyn was ahead at every break and won 109–98. Best quarter: the second, 33–29. James Harden led Brooklyn with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over SAC8BKN over LAL11TOR over MIL14Final margin, points. Pink = BKN over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg27.3Last 3

27.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 27, 33, 28, 25, 28, 22, 30, 32LAL vs BKN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 18, 20, 29, 28, 15, 22, 11, 29TOR @ MIL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 30, 12, 33, 15, 32, 26, 23, 18, 23, 27TOR @ MIL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 20, 17, 16, 15, 12, 27, 11, 27MIA @ SAC · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nemanja BjelicaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 1, 2, 12, 2, 4, 15, 9, 0, 25SAC vs MIA · L
8.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 33, 24, 30, 47, 29, 24, 34, 23MIL vs TOR · L
28.0 PPG season to date · −5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 8 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
LaMelo BallCHA+6.4 21.0 last 10 · 14.6 season
Norman PowellTOR+5.4 22.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+5.3 17.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.GSW+4.9 19.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW+4.3 34.3 last 10 · 30.0 season
Cold
Shake MiltonPHI−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−3.0 19.3 last 10 · 22.3 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.9 6.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Bradley BealWAS−2.8 30.0 last 10 · 32.8 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−2.7 8.8 last 10 · 11.5 season