FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 23, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed MEM by 15 after the first quarter and won 110–105.

Final
DEN115
CLE109
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +6
Final · OT
BOS142
IND138
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +4
Final
DET106
ORL108
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +2
Final
MEM105
PHI110
Q1 PHI -15; Q2 PHI -12; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
NOP110
TOR115
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +5
Final
SAS116
DAL142
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +26
Final · OT
OKC119
UTA120
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA -8; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +1
Final
GSW111
LAL124
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +13
Final
POR116
SAC133
Q1 SAC -8; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +17
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MEM @ PHI

James Harden drops 31 in 15-point comeback win over Memphis

Memphis led by 15 after one. Final: 110–105.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-12-6+5PHI AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM37222224105
PHI22252835110
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 16, 12, 26, 20, 29, 28, 19, 31PHI31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 33, 31, 28, 35, 37, 23, 29, 27PHI27 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 25, 26, 17, 20, 18, 24, 25MEM25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 17, 14, 28, 18, 18, 24, 15, 15, 26, 18MEM18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 2.7 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat San Antonio by 26.

UTA over OKC1ORL over DET2BOS over IND4PHI over MEM5TOR over NOP5DEN over CLE6LAL over GSW13SAC over POR17DAL over SAS26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Lauri Markkanen leads the day with 43

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.
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 28, 25, 19, 21, 23, 29, 29, 43UTA vs OKC · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Martin SAC, Nov 16, 2007: 43 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
43 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 20, 14, 27, 21, 7, 20, 17, 40IND vs BOS · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Jan 29, 1996: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 24, 42, 20, 30, 44, 24, 29, 39OKC @ UTA · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 16, 26, 35, 30, 25, 34, 25, 36NOP @ TOR · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 31, 20, 34, 12, 41, 16, 38, 31BOS @ IND · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 16, 12, 26, 20, 29, 28, 19, 31PHI vs MEM · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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+8.2 20.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
Malaki BranhamSAS+8.0 17.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+7.6 31.5 last 10 · 23.9 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+6.2 23.8 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jamal MurrayDEN+5.6 25.7 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−5.9 20.7 last 10 · 26.6 season
Tyus JonesMEM−5.4 4.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.3 9.4 last 10 · 14.7 season
OG AnunobyTOR−5.1 11.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season