FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 27, 2024Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed POR by 13 after the first quarter and won 106–96.

Final
DAL119
CLE121
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +2
Final
BKN81
ORL108
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +29; Q4 ORL +27
Final
GSW123
WAS112
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +23; Q4 GSW +11
Final
UTA97
ATL124
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +20; Q4 ATL +27
Final
PHI99
BOS117
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +18
Final
NOP115
NYK92
Q1 NOP +7; Q2 NOP +1; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +23
Final
DET105
CHI95
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +10
Final
CHA85
MIL123
Q1 MIL +16; Q2 MIL +32; Q3 MIL +47; Q4 MIL +38
Final
SAS105
MIN114
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +9
Final
HOU95
OKC112
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +17
Final
MIA106
POR96
Q1 MIA -13; Q2 MIA -10; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +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 · 2022–23Feb 27, 2023: 4 games. Top scorer: Paolo Banchero (ORL @ NOP), 29 points.
The lead · MIA @ POR

Miami climbs out of a 13-point hole against Portland

Down 13 after one, the Heat won the third quarter 34–20 and the game 106–96. Jimmy Butler led Miami with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-13-10+4+10MIA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA15313426106
POR2828202096
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 26, 31, 24, 21, 23, 17, 23, 22MIA22 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 21, 3, 15, 17, 18, 13, 13, 19MIA19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Anfernee SimonsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 29, 26, 29, 20, 12, 21, 10, 26POR26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jerami GrantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 18, 49, 24, 12, 20, 25, 15, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ CHI

Detroit upsets Chicago

Detroit (8–49) beat Chicago (27–30) 105–95. Cade Cunningham led Detroit with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DAL2MIN over SAS9DET over CHI10MIA over POR10GSW over WAS11OKC over HOU17BOS over PHI18NOP over NYK23ORL over BKN27ATL over UTA27MIL over CHA38Final margin, points. Pink = DET over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.3Season avg33.2Last 5

33.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 45

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 40, 19, 35, 39, 32, 26, 27, 41, 33, 45DAL @ CLE · L
34.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ja Morant MEM, Apr 22, 2023: 45 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
45 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 38, 26, 23, 41, 34, 28, 29, 34MIN vs SAS · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 12, 28, 22, 30, 35, 24, 24, 32PHI @ BOS · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 29, 40, 27, 15, 36, 30, 16, 31CLE vs DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 28, 25, 38, 32, 31, 30, 36, 31OKC vs HOU · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 8, 15, 18, 20, 19, 21, 30, 31BOS vs PHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+8.4 22.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Josh HartNYK+5.7 14.2 last 10 · 8.5 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Precious AchiuwaNYK+5.0 13.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+4.9 15.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Terry RozierMIA−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−6.7 10.1 last 10 · 16.8 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.5 6.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Tyrese HaliburtonIND−5.4 16.1 last 10 · 21.5 season