FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 6, 2024Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed HOU by 13 at halftime and won 122–116.

Final
ORL119
WAS109
Q1 ORL -11; Q2 ORL -12; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +10
Final
CLE101
ATL112
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +11
Final
LAC122
HOU116
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC -13; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +6
Final
MEM115
PHI109
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM -12; Q4 MEM +6
Final
CHI119
UTA117
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MIL90
GSW125
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +35
Final
OKC128
POR120
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +8
Final
SAC130
LAL120
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +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 · 2022–23Mar 6, 2023: 6 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ IND), 42 points.
The lead · LAC @ HOU

Clippers climb out of a 13-point hole against Houston

Down 13 at the half, the Clippers won the fourth quarter 42–30 and the game 122–116. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-8-13-6+6LAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC19253642122
HOU27302930116
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 20, 24, 20, 26, 27, 32, 16, 28LAC28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 17, 9, 20, 23, 28, 4, 29, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 17, 19, 23, 8, 21, 45, 23HOU23 PTS · 19 REB · 14 AST
Jabari Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 20, 6, 9, 22, 20, 18, 11, 14, 2, 19HOU19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ PHI

Memphis fights back late to top Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 93–81 after three. Memphis won the fourth 34–16 and the game 115–109. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs PHI
Jaren Jackson Jr. · MEMKelly Oubre Jr. · PHIPTS3025REB114AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

De'Aaron Fox 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.
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 15, 40, 30, 28, 33, 27, 20, 44SAC @ LAL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 22, 2000: 44 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high44 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 31, 30, 36, 31, 31, 35, 20, 37OKC @ POR · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 25, 30, 28, 34, 31, 26, 19, 31LAL vs SAC · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 18, 11, 22, 24, 26, 22, 7, 31OKC @ POR · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 25, 27, 28, 29, 22, 18, 29, 15, 33, 30MEM @ PHI · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 24, 19, 24, 25, 35, 12, 33, 29CHI @ UTA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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+6.7 21.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Ayo DosunmuCHI+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.1 15.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Josh HartNYK+5.0 13.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deni AvdijaWAS+4.9 18.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−7.9 8.4 last 10 · 16.3 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−7.5 4.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Spencer DinwiddieLAL−5.9 5.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Terry RozierMIA−5.4 14.8 last 10 · 20.2 season