FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 1, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed CHA by 6 after the first quarter and won 123–111.

Final
DAL130
ORL124
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +6
Final
IND114
PHI130
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +28; Q4 PHI +16
Final
DEN118
CHI112
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +6
Final
UTA124
NOP129
Q1 NOP +3; Q2 NOP -5; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +5
Final · OT
BKN124
SAS113
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN 0; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +11
Final
CLE101
HOU90
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +11
Final
CHA111
POR123
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +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 · 2019–20Mar 1, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ CHA), 41 points.
The lead · CHA @ POR

Portland beats Charlotte, 123–111

Portland led 92–83 after three and won by 12. Carmelo Anthony led Portland with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-60+9+12POR AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA33262428111
POR27323331123
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 15, 10, 12, 7, 10, 24, 4, 29POR29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 34, 31, 43, 35, 24, 25, 35, 23POR23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 17, 7, 21, 20, 22, 24, 30CHA30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 41, 33, 36, 12, 10, 24, 8, 20CHA20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · UTA @ NOP

New Orleans upsets Utah

New Orleans (14–19) beat Utah (27–7) 129–124. Zion Williamson led New Orleans with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over UTA5DAL over ORL6DEN over CHI6BKN over SAS11CLE over HOU11POR over CHA12PHI over IND16Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 39

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.
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 43, 33, 16, 15, 41, 24, 19, 39DEN @ CHI · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 25, 22, 23, 23, 27, 29, 23, 28, 39CLE @ HOU · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 42, 26, 28, 46, 44, 21, 31, 19, 27, 33DAL @ ORL · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 26, 29, 28, 15, 20, 21, 14, 32HOU vs CLE · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 11, 5, 23, 10, 15, 17, 10, 31UTA @ NOP · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 29, 38, 23, 37, 29, 20, 29, 30BKN @ SAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Nov 3, 2019: 29 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
30 PTS · 14 REB · 15 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
Jamal MurrayDEN+7.8 29.5 last 10 · 21.7 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Lou WilliamsLAC+4.8 17.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
LaMelo BallCHA+4.5 20.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Saddiq BeyDET+4.5 14.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Wayne EllingtonDET−3.4 7.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.4 5.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.4 21.6 last 10 · 25.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−2.9 18.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season