FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 2, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed MIA by 3 after three quarters and won 94–80.

Final
MEM125
WAS111
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +14
Final
LAC112
BOS117
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +5
Final
ATL94
MIA80
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +14
Final
NYK93
SAS119
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +26
Final
DEN128
MIL97
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +31
Final
PHX114
LAL104
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +10
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 2, 2020: 7 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR @ ORL), 41 points.
The lead · ATL @ MIA

Atlanta handles Miami by 14

The Hawks won the fourth quarter 31–14. Final: 94–80. Trae Young led Atlanta with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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+7-3+14ATL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2321193194
MIA1720291480
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 40, 31, 35, 28, 33, 17, 15, 18ATL18 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 8, 12, 13, 14, 25, 34, 17ATL17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 21, 3, 10, 9, 15, 26, 13, 14MIA14 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Duncan RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 13, 20, 11, 22, 17, 15, 5, 14MIA14 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.2Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Milwaukee by 31, the widest margin of 6 games.

BOS over LAC5PHX over LAL10MEM over WAS14ATL over MIA14SAS over NYK26DEN over MIL31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 30, 32, 19, 31, 19, 28, 19, 38LAL vs PHX · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 43, 33, 16, 15, 41, 24, 19, 39, 37DEN @ MIL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden BKN, Jan 21, 2022: 37 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
37 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 15, 29, 12, 22, 16, 20, 6, 35MEM @ WAS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 36, 15, 34, 30, 13, 13, 16, 32LAC @ BOS · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 34, 23, 29, 38, 37, 38, 36, 27MIL vs DEN · L
29.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Immanuel QuickleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 9, 5, 3, 25, 10, 12, 26NYK @ SAS · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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+8.0 29.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
LaMelo BallCHA+4.5 20.2 last 10 · 15.7 season
Saddiq BeyDET+4.5 14.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kelly Oubre Jr.GSW+4.4 19.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Jayson TatumBOS−3.5 21.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Wayne EllingtonDET−3.4 7.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−3.0 6.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−2.9 18.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season