FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 15, 2023Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHI by 24 after the first quarter and won 117–113.

Final
SAS110
CHA120
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +10
Final
CHI113
IND117
Q1 IND -24; Q2 IND -16; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +4
Final
NYK122
ATL101
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +21
Final
MIA105
BKN116
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN -4; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +11
Final
DET109
BOS127
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +18
Final
CLE112
PHI118
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +25; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +6
Final
UTA111
MEM117
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +6
Final
HOU96
OKC133
Q1 OKC +17; Q2 OKC +22; Q3 OKC +38; Q4 OKC +37
Final
DAL109
DEN118
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +9
Final
NOP102
LAL120
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +18
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 · 2021–22Feb 15, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs IND), 50 points.
The lead · CHI @ IND

Indiana storms back from 24 down to beat Chicago

The Pacers trailed by 24 after one and won 117–113. Buddy Hield led Indiana with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Zach LaVine scored 35 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-24-16-4+4IND AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI39192827113
IND15274035117
Who led
Buddy HieldPoints, last 10 games: 22, 3, 14, 21, 16, 29, 14, 16, 8, 27IND27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Aaron NesmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 24, 17, 6, 7, 5, 3, 19, 21IND21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 10, 36, 20, 24, 38, 23, 26, 35CHI35 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 20, 10, 12, 4, 11, 4, 12, 25CHI25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
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
11.8Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 41 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Houston by 37, the widest margin of 10 games.

IND over CHI4PHI over CLE6MEM over UTA6DEN over DAL9CHA over SAS10BKN over MIA11BOS over DET18LAL over NOP18NYK over ATL21OKC over HOU37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Mikal Bridges leads the day with 45

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.
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 29, 23, 25, 24, 21, 23, 7, 45BKN vs MIA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ricky Davis CLE, Dec 9, 2002: 45 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Career high45 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 30, 31, 20, 34, 12, 41, 16, 38BOS vs DET · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 29, 41, 0, 53, 31, 27, 33, 37DAL @ DEN · L
33.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 10, 36, 20, 24, 38, 23, 26, 35CHI @ IND · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 16, 6, 19, 21, 30, 29, 41, 33CLE @ PHI · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 47, 30, 28, 33, 31, 28, 35, 37, 23, 29PHI vs CLE · W
33.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 5 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
Derrick WhiteBOS+8.0 19.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+7.6 31.5 last 10 · 23.9 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+6.5 15.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+6.2 23.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.7 25.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Cold
Franz WagnerORL−6.2 12.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
Devin BookerPHX−6.0 20.8 last 10 · 26.8 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tyus JonesMEM−5.0 4.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season