FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 18, 2016Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Jazz89
Wizards103
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +14
Final · Box score
Bulls95
Cavs106
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
Spurs86
Clippers105
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +19
The lead · Bulls-Cavs

Cleveland makes it four straight

Chris Paul goes for 28 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+6+14+11CLE AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls1923223195
Cavs26223028106
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 29, 24, 23, 30, 27, 21, 29, 25CLE25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 28, 21, 25, 26, 19, 29, 32, 35, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 16, 20, 14, 21, 30, 18, 14, 28CHI28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 21, 15, 19, 16, 25, 22, 20, 14CHI14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Jazz-Wizards

Washington leads Utah wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 103–89. Best quarter: the first, 28–23. Marcin Gortat led Washington with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over CHI11WAS over UTA14LAC over SAS19Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over UTA.
Lead changes
Jazz-Wizards3
Spurs-Clippers0
The night in charts
Bulls-Cavs combined for 201, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-CavsBulls 95, Cavs 106
201
Jazz-WizardsJazz 89, Wizards 103
192
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 86, Clippers 105
191
CLE won the closest game by 11
Closest finishes
Bulls-CavsBulls 95, Cavs 106
+11 CLE
Jazz-WizardsJazz 89, Wizards 103
+14 WAS
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 86, Clippers 105
+19 LAC
Tristan Thompson shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Tristan ThompsonCLE · 16 PTS, 10 REB, 3 STL, 2 BLK
80% (8-10)
GortatWAS · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 BLK, 2 STL
75% (9-12)
HilarioWAS · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
D-RoseCHI · 28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (11-19)
LeBronCLE · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST, 1 BLK
58% (11-19)
Final · Bulls-Cavs
Bulls 95Cavs 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls1923223195
Cavs26223028106
The story
Cleveland beat Chicago 106-95 behind 25 points and 9 assists from LeBron James

Derrick Rose paced Chicago: 28 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST · 11-19 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

A 30-22 third quarter did the most damage for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +7+6+14+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Jazz-Wizards
Jazz 89Wizards 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz2319262189
Wizards28212727103
The story
Marcin Gortat's 22 points and 10 rebounds carried Washington past Utah, 103-89

For Utah, Rudy Gobert had 16 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 BLK · 9-12 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 27-21, was where the Wizards built it.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +5+7+8+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Clippers
Spurs 86Clippers 105
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1519292386
Clippers21213033105
The story
DeAndre Jordan had 17 rebounds and 9 points as LA beat San Antonio 105-86

David West led San Antonio with 12 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 17 REB, 9 PTS, 3 STL, 1 AST · 4-6 FG

The swing

The Clippers won the fourth 33-23, their biggest quarter edge.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +6+8+9+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg27.8Today

28 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 28

Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 27, 19, 22, 21, 22, 19, 35, 28Clippers-Spurs · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 16, 20, 14, 21, 30, 18, 14, 28Bulls-Cavs · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 29, 24, 23, 30, 27, 21, 29, 25Cavs-Bulls · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 13, 17, 9, 21, 11, 14, 14, 22Wizards-Jazz · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 15, 26, 21, 20, 20, 23, 18, 19Clippers-Spurs · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 12, 27, 16, 18, 22, 20, 21, 19Jazz-Wizards · L
19.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Archie GoodwinPHX+7.3 16.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Chandler ParsonsDAL+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Devin BookerPHX+6.0 16.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jrue HolidayNOP+5.9 20.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jeff GreenMEM+5.7 17.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.3 3.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
CJ MilesIND−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
O.J. MayoMIL−3.8 4.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
Nicolas BatumCHA−3.7 11.2 last 10 · 14.9 season
Blake GriffinLAC−3.2 20.0 last 10 · 23.2 season