FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 26, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed POR by 12 after the first quarter and won 118–112.

Final
DAL104
CHA110
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +6
Final
CHI118
LAL108
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +10
Final
MEM123
ATL119
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +4
Final
SAS93
BOS137
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +44
Final
HOU91
CLE108
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +17
Final
BKN106
ORL119
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +13
Final
WAS104
TOR114
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +10
Final
OKC118
POR112
Q1 OKC -12; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC +6
Final
MIN99
GSW96
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +3
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 · 2021–22Mar 26, 2022: 8 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs OKC), 35 points.
The lead · OKC @ POR

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31, OKC rallies past Portland

OKC trailed by 12 after one and won 118–112.

Game flow · OKC 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+6+2+6OKC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC25432822118
POR37253218112
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 38, 33, 35, 35, 29, 40, 31, 30, 27, 31OKC31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 21, 23, 15, 5, 20, 16, 9, 23OKC23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 1, 14, 6, 7, 10, 24, 24, 29POR29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nassir LittlePoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 9, 3, 0, 10, 0, 4, 4, 28POR28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ GSW

Minnesota holds off Golden State, 99–96

Minnesota led 77–73 after three and held on to win by three. Naz Reid led Minnesota with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over GSW3MEM over ATL4CHA over DAL6OKC over POR6CHI over LAL10TOR over WAS10ORL over BKN13CLE over HOU17BOS over SAS44Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 72 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Mikal Bridges leads the day with 44

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: 10, 34, 25, 34, 23, 23, 18, 32, 27, 44BKN @ ORL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul Pierce BOS, Mar 22, 2001: 44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
44 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 24, 43, 35, 27, 25, 27, 27, 41BOS vs SAS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Dec 20, 2000: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
41 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 39, 42, 34, 29, 15, 30, 34, 40DAL @ CHA · L
33.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Jun 7, 2002: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
40 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 42, 29, 36, 25, 39, 18, 26, 16, 33, 32CHI @ LAL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 38, 33, 35, 35, 29, 40, 31, 30, 27, 31OKC @ POR · W
31.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 28, 11, 25, 40, 20, 32, 13, 30HOU @ CLE · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 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
Mikal BridgesBKN+7.3 27.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+6.6 20.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Austin ReavesLAL+6.3 18.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Zach CollinsSAS+5.9 17.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Andrew NembhardIND+5.7 14.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Bennedict MathurinIND−6.1 10.2 last 10 · 16.3 season
Bol BolORL−5.7 3.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jrue HolidayMIL−5.4 13.5 last 10 · 18.9 season
Marcus MorrisLAC−5.3 5.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Precious AchiuwaTOR−5.2 3.7 last 10 · 8.9 season