FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 4, 2021Regular season · 9 games
← Mar 3CalendarMar 10 →

9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAS by 11 at halftime and won 107–102.

Final
TOR125
BOS132
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +7
Final
LAC117
WAS119
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +2
Final
DET104
NYK114
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +19; Q4 NYK +10
Final
DEN113
IND103
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +10
Final
MIL112
MEM111
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +1
Final
MIA103
NOP93
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +10
Final
OKC107
SAS102
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -11; Q3 OKC -3; Q4 OKC +5
Final
GSW98
PHX120
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +22
Final
SAC119
POR123
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +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 · 2019–20Mar 4, 2020: 9 games. Top scorer: Collin Sexton (CLE vs BOS), 41 points.
The lead · OKC @ SAS

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 33, OKC rallies past San Antonio

OKC trailed by 11 at the half and won 107–102.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-11-3+5OKC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC27233126107
SAS24372318102
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 16, 31, 27, 42, 24, 13, 15, 33OKC33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Mike MuscalaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 7, 13, 11, 7, 10, 8, 0, 18OKC18 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 21, 12, 23, 8, 32, 22, 10, 20SAS20 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Trey LylesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 9, 15, 0, 8, 10, 10, 18, 15SAS15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Phoenix by 22.

MIL over MEM1WAS over LAC2POR over SAC4OKC over SAS5BOS over TOR7NYK over DET10DEN over IND10MIA over NOP10PHX over GSW22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 44

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 43, 35, 24, 25, 35, 23, 22, 44POR vs SAC · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Monta Ellis GSW, Dec 20, 2010: 44 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Ties season high44 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 29, 12, 22, 16, 20, 6, 35, 35MEM vs MIL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 16, 31, 27, 42, 24, 13, 15, 33OKC @ SAS · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 37, 33, 28, 33, 34, 46, 23, 33WAS vs LAC · W
32.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 20, 13, 27, 29, 27, 20, 23, 32SAC @ POR · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Chris BoucherPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 8, 9, 17, 10, 11, 7, 18, 30TOR @ BOS · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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+7.7 29.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Bruce BrownBKN+5.4 14.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Ben SimmonsPHI+5.3 21.4 last 10 · 16.1 season
Norman PowellTOR+5.2 23.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Ricky RubioMIN+4.7 12.7 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
Jaylen BrownBOS−3.1 21.6 last 10 · 24.7 season
Nicolas BatumLAC−2.9 6.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Gordon HaywardCHA−2.8 18.7 last 10 · 21.5 season
JaMychal GreenDEN−2.7 6.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Wesley MatthewsLAL−2.4 1.8 last 10 · 4.2 season