FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 25, 2023Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAS by 10 at halftime and won 118–102.

Final
TOR95
DET91
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +4
Final
MIA103
CHA108
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +5
Final
IND121
ORL108
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +13
Final
NOP106
NYK128
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +22
Final
DEN94
MEM112
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +24; Q3 MEM +32; Q4 MEM +18
Final
BOS110
PHI107
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +3
Final
SAS102
UTA118
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -10; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +16
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 25, 2022: 9 games. Top scorer: RJ Barrett (NYK vs MIA), 46 points.
The lead · SAS @ UTA

Utah rallies from 10 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 10 at the half, Utah outscored the Spurs 63–37 the rest of the way. Final: 118–102. Lauri Markkanen led Utah with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-10+6+16UTA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS33321423102
UTA24313033118
Who led
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 25, 19, 21, 23, 29, 29, 43, 27UTA27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kris DunnPoints, last 2 games: 11, 15UTA15 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jeremy SochanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 14, 30, 17, 0, 18, 10, 6, 22SAS22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 18, 21, 22, 25, 25, 21, 22, 18SAS18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: New York by 22.

BOS over PHI3TOR over DET4CHA over MIA5IND over ORL13UTA over SAS16MEM over DEN18NYK over NOP22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 41

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: 28, 33, 31, 28, 35, 37, 23, 29, 27, 41PHI vs BOS · L
33.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Nov 7, 2017: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
41 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Tyler HerroPoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 18, 25, 24, 15, 31, 23, 14, 33MIA @ CHA · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 23, 19, 37, 35, 28, 26, 26, 29TOR @ DET · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 24, 22, 30, 31, 18, 25, 46, 28NYK vs NOP · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 32, 25, 16, 22, 24, 13, 23, 28MIA @ CHA · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 25, 19, 21, 23, 29, 29, 43, 27UTA vs SAS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Malaki BranhamSAS+8.6 18.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+8.4 20.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.3 31.6 last 10 · 25.3 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+5.9 23.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK+5.6 29.3 last 10 · 23.7 season
Cold
OG AnunobyTOR−6.5 10.1 last 10 · 16.6 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.0 9.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Franz WagnerORL−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season