FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 19, 2024Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHA92
ORL112
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +35; Q3 ORL +26; Q4 ORL +20
Final
HOU137
WAS114
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +23
Final
NOP104
BKN91
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +19; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +13
Final
DAL113
SAS107
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +6
Final
DEN115
MIN112
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +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 · 2022–23Mar 19, 2023: 8 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ OKC), 46 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Denver holds off Minnesota, 115–112

Denver led 87–84 after three and held on to win by three. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 35 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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+7+15+3+3DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN35351728115
MIN28272928112
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 35, 25, 32, 26, 35, 12, 31, 16, 35DEN35 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 30, 25, 20, 9, 19, 19, 25, 13, 20, 26DEN26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37, 31, 32, 30MIN30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jaden McDanielsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 9, 11, 13, 10, 0, 8, 9, 26MIN26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ SAS

Dallas never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–107. Kyrie Irving led Dallas with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MIN3DAL over SAS6NOP over BKN13ORL over CHA20HOU over WAS23Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 68 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Green leads the day with 42

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 GreenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 23, 15, 27, 19, 16, 37, 26, 42HOU @ WAS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Apr 25, 2003: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Ties career high42 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 35, 25, 32, 26, 35, 12, 31, 16, 35DEN @ MIN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 13, 44, 19, 25, 37, 31, 32, 30MIN vs DEN · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 8, 16, 23, 27, 33, 34, 26, 28NOP @ BKN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 23, 23, 21, 14, 23, 36, 24, 28DAL @ SAS · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jaden McDanielsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 9, 11, 13, 10, 0, 8, 9, 26MIN vs DEN · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Jalen GreenHOU+8.2 27.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Jaylen BrownBOS+6.6 29.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Deandre AytonPOR+6.4 22.3 last 10 · 15.9 season
Keyonte GeorgeUTA+5.6 18.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Simone FontecchioDET+5.3 15.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Bojan BogdanovicNYK−7.3 9.7 last 10 · 17.0 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.DAL−7.1 8.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Jonas ValanciunasNOP−6.4 6.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Shaedon SharpePOR−6.2 9.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Gordon HaywardOKC−6.2 4.8 last 10 · 11.0 season