FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 21, 2021Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed BOS by 16 at halftime and won 120–115.

Final · OT
BOS115
NOP120
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP -16; Q3 NOP -13; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +5
Final
OKC117
CLE101
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +16
Final
MIN99
NYK103
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DET96
ORL105
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +9
Final
PHI103
TOR110
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +7
Final
DEN115
ATL123
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +8
Final
BKN112
LAC108
Q1 BKN -2; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN +10; Q4 BKN +4
Final
SAC115
MIL128
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +13
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 · 2019–20Feb 21, 2020: 9 games. Top scorer: Pascal Siakam (TOR vs PHX), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ NOP

Brandon Ingram drops 33 in 16-point comeback win over Boston

Boston led by 16 at the half. Final: 120–115.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-16-130+5NOP AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS303324217115
NOP2819273412120
Who led
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 22, 21, 30, 26, 22, 14, 25, 33NOP33 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 20, 29, 36, 26, 31, 36, 23, 28NOP28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 23, 17, 33, 6, 21, 35, 25, 32BOS32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 33, 12, 27, 25, 27, 22, 17, 25BOS25 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Second story · DEN @ ATL

Atlanta handles Denver by 8

The Hawks won the second quarter 37–23. Final: 123–115. Trae Young led Atlanta with 35 points, 6 rebounds and 15 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIN4BKN over LAC4NOP over BOS5TOR over PHI7ATL over DEN8ORL over DET9MIL over SAC13OKC over CLE16Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
24.22019–20 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.2 in 2019–20 (38 games). Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 38

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 30, 47, 29, 24, 34, 23, 29, 38MIL vs SAC · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 26, 24, 19, 19, 29, 38, 23, 37BKN @ LAC · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 43, 17, 27, 25, 42, 14, 16, 30, 37ORL vs DET · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 28, 25, 25, 15, 23, 40, 31, 35ATL vs DEN · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 29, 11, 26, 17, 26, 36, 15, 34LAC vs BKN · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 22, 21, 30, 26, 22, 14, 25, 33NOP vs BOS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+6.5 18.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.GSW+6.2 21.2 last 10 · 15.0 season
LaMelo BallCHA+5.7 20.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Gary Trent Jr.POR+5.0 20.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+4.8 20.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−3.9 6.8 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−2.9 19.0 last 10 · 21.9 season
Bradley BealWAS−2.9 30.0 last 10 · 32.9 season
RJ BarrettNYK−2.9 13.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Shake MiltonPHI−2.9 10.9 last 10 · 13.8 season