FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 24, 2021Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed DET by 6 after the first quarter and won 128–118.

Final
BOS112
ATL127
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +23; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +15
Final
HOU96
CLE112
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +16
Final
GSW111
IND107
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +4
Final · OT
MIN126
CHI133
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +7
Final
TOR108
MIA116
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +8
Final
DET118
NOP128
Q1 NOP -6; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP 0; Q4 NOP +10
Final
SAS99
OKC102
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +3
Final
CHA124
PHX121
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +3
Final
LAL89
UTA114
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +25
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 24, 2020: 8 games. Top scorer: Bradley Beal (WAS vs MIL), 55 points.
The lead · DET @ NOP

Zion Williamson scores 32 in New Orleans win over Detroit

Final: 128–118. Zion Williamson added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-50+10NOP AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET39302722118
NOP33313232128
Who led
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 29, 36, 26, 31, 36, 23, 28, 32NOP32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 21, 30, 26, 22, 14, 25, 33, 27NOP27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Josh JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 18, 14, 21, 8, 15, 17, 18, 25DET25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mason PlumleePoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 15, 14, 17, 11, 10, 10, 7, 21DET21 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 2 vs 2019–20 avg
Minutes per game
25.32019–20 avg7.5Last 2

7.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.3 in 2019–20 (36 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Lakers by 25.

OKC over SAS3CHA over PHX3GSW over IND4CHI over MIN7MIA over TOR8NOP over DET10ATL over BOS15CLE over HOU16UTA over LAL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 42

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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 19, 31, 29, 22, 16, 31, 27, 42OKC vs SAS · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 21, 1997: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Career high42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 2, 20, 16, 9, 9, 12, 5, 38ATL vs BOS · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +27.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 39, 35, 46, 26, 30, 37, 30, 38, 21, 35CHI vs MIN · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 25, 15, 23, 40, 31, 35, 28, 33ATL vs BOS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 30, 36, 27, 22, 23, 23, 34, 33PHX vs CHA · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 29, 36, 26, 31, 36, 23, 28, 32NOP vs DET · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 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
Lou WilliamsLAC+6.5 18.8 last 10 · 12.3 season
LaMelo BallCHA+5.3 20.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Zach LaVineCHI+4.9 33.7 last 10 · 28.8 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+4.6 20.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.4 21.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Bradley BealWAS−3.5 29.2 last 10 · 32.7 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.5 12.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Alec BurksNYK−3.1 7.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−2.9 8.3 last 10 · 11.2 season