FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 22, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed HOU by 1 at halftime and won 111–107.

Final · Box score
Hornets105
Nets100
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +5
Final · Box score
Heat113
Pelicans99
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +14
Final · Box score
Rockets107
Thunder111
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +1; Q4 OKC +4
Final · Box score
Grizzlies100
Lakers107
Q1 Lakers 0; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +7
On this day · 2014–15Mar 22, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: Danilo Gallinari (Nuggets-Magic), 40 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Thunder

OKC keeps rolling, beats Houston

James Harden goes for 24 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-1+1+4OKC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets27292130107
Thunder28272333111
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 30, 28, 28, 20, 28, 26, 33, 23OKC23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 25, 26, 19, 17, 24, 20, 14, 21OKC21 PTS · 12 REB · 15 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 40, 29, 32, 12, 15, 33, 29, 25, 24HOU24 PTS · 7 REB · 16 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 21, 12, 16, 7, 6, 10, 8, 16HOU16 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Hornets-Nets

Charlotte leads Brooklyn wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 105–100. Best quarter: the fourth, 38–36. Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over HOU4CHA over BKN5LAL over MEM7MIA over NOP14Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over BKN.
Lead changes
Rockets-Thunder21
Grizzlies-Lakers8
Hornets-Nets5
The night in charts
Rockets-Thunder combined for 218, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-ThunderRockets 107, Thunder 111
218
Heat-PelicansHeat 113, Pelicans 99
212
Grizzlies-LakersGrizzlies 100, Lakers 107
207
Hornets-NetsHornets 105, Nets 100
205
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-ThunderRockets 107, Thunder 111
+4 OKC
Hornets-NetsHornets 105, Nets 100
+5 CHA
Grizzlies-LakersGrizzlies 100, Lakers 107
+7 LAL
Heat-PelicansHeat 113, Pelicans 99
+14 MIA
Tony Allen shot 12-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Tony AllenMEM · 27 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
100% (12-12)
WhitesideMIA · 24 PTS, 14 REB, 3 BLK, 1 STL
91% (10-11)
KilpatrickBKN · 25 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
BassLAL · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
70% (7-10)
LinCHA · 21 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Rockets-Thunder
Rockets 107Thunder 111
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets27292130107
Thunder28272333111
The story
Russell Westbrook had a 21-12-15 triple-double as Oklahoma City beat Houston 111-107

Trevor Ariza led Houston with 13 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST 21 PTS, 15 AST, 12 REB · 7-18 FG, 0-7 3PT

The swing

The Thunder won the fourth 33-30, their biggest quarter edge.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +1−1+1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hornets-Nets
Hornets 105Nets 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets25212138105
Nets14222836100
The story
Charlotte beat Brooklyn 105-100 behind 23 points from Nicolas Batum

Bojan Bogdanovic paced Brooklyn: 20 PTS, 3 REB 23 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST · 7-16 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

A 25-14 first quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

CHA lead by quarter
200 +11+10+3+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Lakers
Grizzlies 100Lakers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies25223122100
Lakers25233326107
The story
Julius Randle's 14 rebounds and 13 points carried Los Angeles past Memphis, 107-100

For Memphis, Zach Randolph had 16 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 14 REB, 13 PTS, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 6-8 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 26-22, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 0+1+3+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg35.2Today

35 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brook Lopez leads the day with 29

Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 23, 20, 35, 24, 20, 18, 9, 29Nets-Hornets · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Tony AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 8, 15, 5, 10, 13, 22, 12, 27Grizzlies-Lakers · L
8.1 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 21, 23, 18, 9, 19, 11, 24, 25Heat-Pelicans · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Sean KilpatrickPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 19, 8, 10, 19, 19, 12, 15, 25Nets-Hornets · L
9.2 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 40, 29, 32, 12, 15, 33, 29, 25, 24Rockets-Thunder · L
28.5 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 16 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 14, 23, 13, 13, 18, 17, 16, 24Heat-Pelicans · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Devin BookerPHX+9.7 22.2 last 10 · 12.5 season
Bojan BogdanovicBKN+8.6 19.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Victor OladipoORL+7.6 23.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Tony AllenMEM+6.9 15.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.1 24.9 last 10 · 18.8 season
Cold
Gerald GreenMIA−5.7 3.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Terrence JonesHOU−4.7 4.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jared DudleyWAS−4.6 3.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Trey BurkeUTA−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaORL−4.1 6.4 last 10 · 10.5 season