FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 15, 2018Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAL by 7 after three quarters and won 119–111.

Final · Box score
Nuggets134
Bucks123
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +11
Final · Box score
Lakers111
Wolves119
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +8
On this day · 2016–17Feb 15, 2017: 14 games. Top scorer: Andrew Wiggins (Wolves-Nuggets), 40 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Wolves

Lakers' skid reaches three

Nikola Jokic posts a triple-double

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-3-7+8MIN AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers39262620111
Wolves35272235119
Who led
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 12, 9, 12, 9, 10, 15, 12, 28MIN28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35, 38, 18, 15, 24MIN24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 20, 19, 19, 21, 17, 26, 20, 23LAL23 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ivica ZubacPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 7, 0, 4, 19LAL19 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Nuggets-Bucks

Denver leads Milwaukee wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 134–123. Best quarter: the second, 39–34. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 30 points, 15 rebounds and 17 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Bucks
Nikola Jokic · DENGiannis Antetokounmpo · MILPTS3036REB1511AST1713Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Lakers-Wolves13
The night in charts
Nuggets-Bucks combined for 257, 27 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-BucksNuggets 134, Bucks 123
257
Lakers-WolvesLakers 111, Wolves 119
230
MIN won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Lakers-WolvesLakers 111, Wolves 119
+8 MIN
Nuggets-BucksNuggets 134, Bucks 123
+11 DEN
Jokic shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JokicDEN · 30 PTS, 17 AST, 15 REB, 2 BLK
79% (11-14)
MurrayDEN · 26 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL
75% (9-12)
GibsonMIN · 28 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
69% (11-16)
GiannisMIL · 36 PTS, 13 AST, 11 REB, 3 BLK
67% (14-21)
BledsoeMIL · 27 PTS, 8 AST, 5 STL, 3 REB
64% (9-14)
Final · Lakers-Wolves
Lakers 111Wolves 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers39262620111
Wolves35272235119
The story
Taj Gibson's 28 points carried Minnesota past Los Angeles, 119-111

For Los Angeles, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 17 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST 28 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 11-16 FG

The swing

The Timberwolves trailed by 7 going into the fourth, then won it 35-20.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −4−3−7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jimmy Butler was the fantasy play: 47.0 FPTS on 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST

Final · Nuggets-Bucks
Nuggets 134Bucks 123
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets35393327134
Bucks28342635123
The story
Jamal Murray had 26 points as Denver beat Milwaukee 134-123

Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 17 PTS, 7 REB 26 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 9-12 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the first 35-28, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +7+12+19+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 56 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg20.1Last 3

20.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 17 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.3Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 4.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 36

Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 27, 31, 17, 29, 16, 23, 23, 32, 15, 36Bucks-Nuggets · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Stephen Curry GSW, Feb 10, 2010: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
36 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 13, 29, 19, 15, 14, 21, 23, 30Nuggets-Bucks · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden BKN, Mar 1, 2021: 30 PTS · 14 REB · 15 AST
30 PTS · 15 REB · 17 AST
Taj GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 12, 9, 12, 9, 10, 15, 12, 28Wolves-Lakers · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 17, 25, 16, 27, 8, 13, 15, 28Nuggets-Bucks · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 2, 7, 28, 23, 19, 18, 14, 27Bucks-Nuggets · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 18, 33, 15, 18, 6, 12, 17, 26Nuggets-Bucks · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Paul GeorgeOKC+7.1 29.6 last 10 · 22.5 season
Joe InglesUTA+5.4 16.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+5.3 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Josh JacksonPHX+5.3 16.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Reggie BullockDET+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Eric GordonHOU−6.2 12.3 last 10 · 18.5 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Kyle KuzmaLAL−4.7 11.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season