FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 26, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 14 at halftime and won 111–108.

Final
PHX101
MIL104
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +3
Final
BKN127
ATL129
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +2
Final
WAS82
CHI102
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +20
Final
LAL111
DAL108
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +3
Final
TOR93
CLE118
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +25
Final
SAC124
OKC115
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +9
Final
MIN104
GSW109
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW -9; Q4 GSW +5
Final
HOU114
POR131
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +17
Final · OT
LAC124
DEN134
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +10
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 26, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM @ CHI), 46 points.
The lead · LAL @ DAL

Anthony Davis scores 30, Lakers rally past Dallas

Lakers trailed by 14 at the half and won 111–108.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-12-14-3+3LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL16313133111
DAL28332027108
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 34, 13, 23, 13, 19, 28, 12, 30LAL30 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 46, 20, 41, 28, 26, 27, 38, 21, 13, 26LAL26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 41, 0, 53, 31, 27, 33, 37, 28, 26DAL26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 40, 32, 26, 20, 24, 25, 28, 36, 23, 21DAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
31.4Season avg44.2Last 5

44.2 points a game over his last five games, against 31.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 71 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 25.

ATL over BKN2MIL over PHX3LAL over DAL3GSW over MIN5SAC over OKC9DEN over LAC10POR over HOU17CHI over WAS20CLE over TOR25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 71

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 42, 42, 29, 40, 28, 33, 38, 40, 39, 71POR vs HOU · W
32.3 PPG season to date · +39.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Devin Booker PHX, Mar 24, 2017: 70 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Career high71 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 20, 29, 30, 27, 14, 24, 15, 40DEN vs LAC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James MIA, May 20, 2012: 40 PTS · 18 REB · 9 AST
40 PTS · 17 REB · 10 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 21, 30, 29, 41, 33, 22, 19, 35CLE vs TOR · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 27, 16, 36, 24, 25, 19, 34, 34ATL vs BKN · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 16, 31, 33, 36, 35, 31, 42, 33SAC @ OKC · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 15, 20, 18, 19, 40, 15, 24, 33MIL vs PHX · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 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
Malaki BranhamSAS+8.6 18.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
Derrick WhiteBOS+8.4 20.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Damian LillardPOR+7.9 40.2 last 10 · 32.3 season
De'Aaron FoxSAC+6.6 32.0 last 10 · 25.4 season
Mikal BridgesBKN+5.7 23.4 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
OG AnunobyTOR−7.1 9.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Lonnie Walker IVLAL−6.0 6.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Thomas BryantDEN−5.9 5.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dillon BrooksMEM−5.0 9.6 last 10 · 14.6 season
Kyle LowryMIA−4.9 7.1 last 10 · 12.0 season