FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 25, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed ORL by 4 after the first quarter and won 129–92.

Final
DAL97
PHI111
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +14
Final
ORL92
BKN129
Q1 BKN -4; Q2 BKN +18; Q3 BKN +20; Q4 BKN +37
Final
SAC121
NYK140
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +19
Final
LAC94
MEM122
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +28
Final
WAS112
DEN110
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +2
Final
NOP125
MIL129
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +4
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 25, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (CHI vs OKC), 41 points.
The lead · ORL @ BKN

Brooklyn routs Orlando by 37

Brooklyn led by 18 at halftime and won 129–92. Kyrie Irving led Brooklyn with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · BKN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-45-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35+45TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+18+20+37BKN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2819252092
BKN24412737129
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 39, 15, 27, 35, 23, 40, 16, 28, 21, 27BKN27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 19, 19, 29, 38, 23, 37, 29, 20BKN20 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 25, 42, 14, 16, 30, 37, 20, 28ORL28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
James Ennis IIIPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 6, 16, 17, 10, 7, 3, 4, 15ORL15 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAC @ MEM

Memphis rolls past Clippers, 122–94

The Clippers were held to 19 points in the fourth quarter. Tyus Jones led Memphis with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over DEN2MIL over NOP4PHI over DAL14NYK over SAC19MEM over LAC28BKN over ORL37Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg34.6Last 5

34.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 29 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 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: 30, 47, 29, 24, 34, 23, 29, 38, 37, 38MIL vs NOP · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 36, 26, 31, 36, 23, 28, 32, 34NOP @ MIL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 22, 25, 25, 35, 50, 30, 24, 34DEN vs WAS · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 24, 35, 37, 25, 37, 33, 28, 33WAS @ DEN · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 18, 23, 11, 13, 20, 32, 15, 31MIL vs NOP · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 24, 36, 34, 23, 19, 11, 20, 13, 27, 29SAC @ NYK · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 11 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+6.0 18.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
LaMelo BallCHA+5.3 20.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.0 20.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.0 26.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Zach LaVineCHI+4.9 33.7 last 10 · 28.8 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
RJ BarrettNYK−3.9 12.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.1 5.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cedi OsmanCLE−2.9 8.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season