FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 24, 2024Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed BKN by 3 at halftime and won 101–86.

Final
ORL112
DET109
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +3
Final
BOS116
NYK102
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +14
Final
BKN86
MIN101
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +15
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 · 2022–23Feb 24, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Julius Randle (NYK @ WAS), 46 points.
The lead · BKN @ MIN

Brooklyn's skid reaches four

Minnesota won 101–86; the Nets fall to 21–35. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-3+4+15MIN AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN2223212086
MIN23192831101
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 32, 38, 26, 23, 41, 34, 28, 29MIN29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 14, 33, 19, 24, 13, 23, 22, 28MIN28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 40, 18, 16, 17, 25, 26, 5, 19, 18BKN18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mikal BridgesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 13, 28, 26, 14, 27, 10, 21, 15BKN15 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Second story · ORL @ DET

Orlando leads Detroit wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 112–109. Best quarter: the second, 33–25. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DET3BOS over NYK14MIN over BKN15Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 34

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 40, 36, 27, 39, 27, 33, 21, 34NYK vs BOS · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 25, 8, 15, 18, 20, 19, 21, 30BOS @ NYK · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 32, 38, 26, 23, 41, 34, 28, 29MIN vs BKN · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 14, 33, 19, 24, 13, 23, 22, 28MIN vs BKN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 18, 23, 22, 12, 13, 30, 26DET vs ORL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 17, 26, 31, 34, 25, 15, 14, 22BOS @ NYK · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 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
Donte DiVincenzoNYK+10.3 24.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Precious AchiuwaNYK+6.2 14.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+5.4 15.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Vince Williams Jr.MEM+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−8.0 12.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−5.6 16.3 last 10 · 21.9 season
Jordan HawkinsNOP−5.3 4.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.0 7.0 last 10 · 12.0 season