FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 4, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed CLE by 13 after the first quarter and won 125–119.

Final
IND106
DET111
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +5
Final
CLE119
PHI125
Q1 PHI -13; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +6
Final
ATL117
WAS114
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +3
Final
MIL118
CHI112
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL +6
Final
ORL103
TOR97
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +6
Final
UTA90
NOP124
Q1 NOP +18; Q2 NOP +27; Q3 NOP +32; Q4 NOP +34
Final
MIN138
OKC101
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +21; Q4 MIN +37
Final
HOU101
DEN116
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +15
Final
NYK114
PHX115
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX -12; Q4 PHX +1
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 · 2020–21Mar 4, 2021: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs SAC), 44 points.
The lead · CLE @ PHI

Philadelphia climbs out of a 13-point hole against Cleveland

Down 13 after one, the 76ers won the third quarter 34–28 and the game 125–119. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-13-8-2+6PHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE43282820119
PHI30333428125
Who led
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 24, 16, 11, 19, 28, 21, 25, 33PHI33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 37, 13, 33, 22, 4, 27, 29, 26, 25PHI25 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 13, 19, 24, 27, 27, 30, 33, 26CLE26 PTS · 4 REB · 19 AST
Isaac OkoroPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 10, 5, 6, 11, 6, 6, 4, 22CLE22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Minnesota posts the night's biggest win

Minnesota beat OKC by 37, the widest margin of 9 games.

PHX over NYK1ATL over WAS3DET over IND5PHI over CLE6MIL over CHI6ORL over TOR6DEN over HOU15NOP over UTA34MIN over OKC37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Cameron Johnson 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.
Cameron JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 10, 9, 14, 21, 15, 23, 20, 38PHX vs NYK · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +25.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 44, 18, 50, 32, 29, 26, 28, 34MIL @ CHI · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 30, 35, 18, 17, 8, 14, 8, 18, 28, 34TOR vs ORL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 29, 31, 10, 32, 36, 37, 29, 33OKC vs MIN · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 24, 16, 11, 19, 28, 21, 25, 33PHI vs CLE · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 5, 4, 9, 6, 9, 19, 6, 31DEN vs HOU · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 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
RJ BarrettNYK+6.5 25.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Reggie BullockDAL+6.3 14.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Luka DoncicDAL+6.2 34.0 last 10 · 27.8 season
Oshae BrissettIND+6.0 13.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Anfernee SimonsPOR+5.9 22.9 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Devonte' GrahamNOP−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
OG AnunobyTOR−4.8 12.7 last 10 · 17.5 season
Patty MillsBKN−4.6 8.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Anthony EdwardsMIN−4.6 16.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Terrence RossORL−4.4 5.9 last 10 · 10.3 season