FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 27, 2022Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed GSW by 14 after three quarters and won 107–101.

Final
PHI125
NYK109
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +16
Final
UTA118
PHX114
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +4
Final
BOS107
IND128
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +21
Final · OT
DET127
CHA126
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
LAC99
HOU98
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +1
Final
DAL107
GSW101
Q1 DAL -13; Q2 DAL -12; Q3 DAL -14; Q4 DAL +6
Final
DEN124
POR92
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +32
Final
NOP123
LAL95
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP +11; Q3 NOP +30; Q4 NOP +28
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 · 2020–21Feb 27, 2021: 7 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs CLE), 42 points.
The lead · DAL @ GSW

Luka Doncic scores 34 as Dallas wins in Golden State

Final: 107–101. Luka Doncic made 10 of 21 shots from the field.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-13-12-14+6DAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL24242633107
GSW37232813101
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 33, 18, 33, 51, 45, 21, 49, 23, 34DAL34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 7, 14, 4, 4, 4, 8, 20, 24DAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 18, 16, 35, 24, 33, 25, 18, 27GSW27 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 15, 13, 15, 19, 13, 9, 10, 18GSW18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 32.

DET over CHA1LAC over HOU1UTA over PHX4DAL over GSW6PHI over NYK16IND over BOS21NOP over LAL28DEN over POR32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.3Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 37

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 40, 34, 25, 40, 19, 42, 34, 37PHI @ NYK · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 33, 18, 33, 51, 45, 21, 49, 23, 34DAL @ GSW · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 20, 16, 25, 35, 25, 5, 23, 33CHA vs DET · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 33, 29, 27, 30, 26, 33, 21, 32LAL vs NOP · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 38, 35, 17, 26, 26, 24, 25, 30, 30PHX vs UTA · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 18, 37, 13, 33, 22, 4, 27, 29PHI @ NYK · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Paul NOH, Nov 22, 2008: 29 PTS · 10 REB · 16 AST
29 PTS · 10 REB · 16 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
DeMar DeRozanCHI+8.6 36.9 last 10 · 28.3 season
Reggie BullockDAL+7.6 15.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Luka DoncicDAL+7.1 34.7 last 10 · 27.6 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+6.6 23.7 last 10 · 17.1 season
RJ BarrettNYK+5.8 24.5 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Devonte' GrahamNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cameron ReddishNYK−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Terrence RossORL−4.5 6.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Malcolm BrogdonIND−4.4 14.1 last 10 · 18.5 season