FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 5, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAL by 7 after three quarters and won 108–103.

Final · Box score
Pistons90
Cavs112
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +22
Final · Box score
Bucks89
Pacers92
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +3
Final · Box score
Suns103
Heat125
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +22
Final · Box score
Celtics105
Bulls89
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +26; Q3 BOS +33; Q4 BOS +16
Final · Box score
Grizzlies98
Spurs100
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +2
Final · Box score
Magic80
Jazz94
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +14
Final · Box score
Blazers108
Lakers103
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +5
On this day · 2016–17Mar 5, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (Celtics-Suns), 35 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Lakers

Damian Lillard scores 39 as Portland wins in Los Angeles

Hassan Whiteside goes for 24 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+3-7+5POR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers27311535108
Lakers24312523103
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 50, 39, 44, 24, 40, 26, 35, 20, 39POR39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 22, 29, 26, 21, 11, 19, 28, 22POR22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 20, 23, 18, 12, 19, 25, 25, 21LAL21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 3, 7, 17, 17, 13, 29, 21, 19LAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Lead changes
Grizzlies-Spurs18
Magic-Jazz10
Bucks-Pacers9
Blazers-Lakers5
Suns-Heat2
Celtics-Bulls0
The night in charts
Suns-Heat combined for 228, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-HeatSuns 103, Heat 125
228
Blazers-LakersBlazers 108, Lakers 103
211
Pistons-CavsPistons 90, Cavs 112
202
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 98, Spurs 100
198
Celtics-BullsCeltics 105, Bulls 89
194
Bucks-PacersBucks 89, Pacers 92
181
Magic-JazzMagic 80, Jazz 94
174
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-SpursGrizzlies 98, Spurs 100
+2 SAS
Bucks-PacersBucks 89, Pacers 92
+3 IND
Blazers-LakersBlazers 108, Lakers 103
+5 POR
Magic-JazzMagic 80, Jazz 94
+14 UTA
Celtics-BullsCeltics 105, Bulls 89
+16 BOS
Suns-HeatSuns 103, Heat 125
+22 MIA
Pistons-CavsPistons 90, Cavs 112
+22 CLE
POR rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-LakersPOR won · Blazers 108, Lakers 103
7 pts
Magic-JazzUTA won · Magic 80, Jazz 94
4 pts
Pistons-CavsCLE won · Pistons 90, Cavs 112
2 pts
Grizzlies-SpursSAS won · Grizzlies 98, Spurs 100
2 pts
Bucks-PacersIND won · Bucks 89, Pacers 92
2 pts
Gobert shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GobertUTA · 21 PTS, 17 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
90% (9-10)
WhitesideMIA · 24 PTS, 14 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
77% (10-13)
ParkerSAS · 23 PTS, 4 AST, 1 STL
71% (10-14)
DragicMIA · 17 PTS, 5 AST, 1 REB
70% (7-10)
Jabari ParkerMIL · 15 PTS, 5 REB
70% (7-10)
Final · Grizzlies-Spurs
Grizzlies 98Spurs 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2322272698
Spurs21262330100
The story
Tony Parker's 23 points carried San Antonio past Memphis, 100-98

For Memphis, JaMychal Green had 15 REB, 14 PTS, 5 AST 23 PTS, 4 AST · 10-14 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 26-22.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −2+2−2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Marc Gasol was the fantasy play: 43.5 FPTS on 23 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST

Final · Bucks-Pacers
Bucks 89Pacers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks1729232089
Pacers2024291992
The story
Bojan Bogdanovic had 29 points as Indiana beat Milwaukee 92-89

Eric Bledsoe led Milwaukee with 26 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 29 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 9-13 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Pacers took the third 29-23.

IND lead by quarter
200 +3−2+4+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the game in fantasy with 54.4 FPTS (18 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Blazers-Lakers
Blazers 108Lakers 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers27311535108
Lakers24312523103
The story
Portland beat Los Angeles 108-103 behind 22 points from CJ McCollum

Brook Lopez paced Los Angeles: 14 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 6-15 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 35-23 fourth quarter erased a 7-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 +3+3−7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.1Season avg32.8Last 5

32.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg5.6Last 3

5.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 59 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg24.5Today

24 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Magic-Jazz

Utah beats Orlando, 94–80

Utah led 74–67 after three and won by 14. Rudy Gobert led Utah with 21 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over MEM2IND over MIL3POR over LAL5UTA over ORL14BOS over CHI16CLE over DET22MIA over PHX22Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over ORL.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 50, 39, 44, 24, 40, 26, 35, 20, 39Blazers-Lakers · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 37, 32, 18, 33, 31, 30, 25, 31Cavs-Pistons · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 28, 27, 30, 40, 34, 39, 20, 31Suns-Heat · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 20, 14, 12, 19, 26, 14, 20, 29Pacers-Bucks · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 27, 21, 20, 17, 19, 15, 22, 26Bucks-Pacers · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 13, 17, 20, 12, 8, 12, 31, 25Pistons-Cavs · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Damian LillardPOR+6.9 33.5 last 10 · 26.6 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Julius RandleLAL+5.4 20.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Bojan BogdanovicIND+5.3 19.6 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.8 1.1 last 10 · 5.9 season
Reggie JacksonDET−4.2 10.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Rodney HoodCLE−4.2 11.5 last 10 · 15.7 season