FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 8, 2018Regular season · 5 games
← Mar 7CalendarMar 9 →

5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed SAS by 9 after three quarters and won 110–107.

Final · Box score
Nets125
Hornets111
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +14
Final · Box score
Sixers99
Heat108
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +9
Final · Box score
Celtics117
Wolves109
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +8
Final · Box score
Suns87
Thunder115
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +28
Final · Box score
Spurs107
Warriors110
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW -9; Q4 GSW +3
On this day · 2016–17Mar 8, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: James Harden (Rockets-Jazz), 35 points.
Mar 8 in other seasons2026202520242023202220202019201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996
The lead · Spurs-Warriors

Kevin Durant scores 37, Golden State rallies past San Antonio

LaMarcus Aldridge goes for 30 points

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-4-9+3GSW AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs21293720107
Warriors28183232110
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19, 37GSW37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 17, 19, 11, 26, 13, 15, 18, 13GSW13 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 31, 23, 20, 38, 27, 8, 7, 30SAS30 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Dejounte MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 12, 12, 12, 13, 18, 12, 4, 14SAS14 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Sixers-Heat

Miami handles Philadelphia by 9

The Heat won the fourth quarter 35–25. Final: 108–99. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over SAS3BOS over MIN8MIA over PHI9BKN over CHA14OKC over PHX28Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over PHI.
Lead changes
Sixers-Heat9
Celtics-Wolves7
Spurs-Warriors7
Nets-Hornets6
Suns-Thunder3
The night in charts
Nets-Hornets combined for 236, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-HornetsNets 125, Hornets 111
236
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 117, Wolves 109
226
Spurs-WarriorsSpurs 107, Warriors 110
217
Sixers-HeatSixers 99, Heat 108
207
Suns-ThunderSuns 87, Thunder 115
202
GSW won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Spurs-WarriorsSpurs 107, Warriors 110
+3 GSW
Celtics-WolvesCeltics 117, Wolves 109
+8 BOS
Sixers-HeatSixers 99, Heat 108
+9 MIA
Nets-HornetsNets 125, Hornets 111
+14 BKN
Suns-ThunderSuns 87, Thunder 115
+28 OKC
GSW rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-WarriorsGSW won · Spurs 107, Warriors 110
9 pts
Sixers-HeatMIA won · Sixers 99, Heat 108
1 pt
Gibson shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GibsonMIN · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
WestbrookOKC · 27 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB
79% (11-14)
WhitesideMIA · 26 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
75% (9-12)
BjelicaMIN · 30 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST
69% (11-16)
KembaCHA · 21 PTS, 6 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Spurs-Warriors
Spurs 107Warriors 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs21293720107
Warriors28183232110
The story
Draymond Green had a 11-12-10 triple-double as Golden State beat San Antonio 110-107

Kyle Anderson led San Antonio with 12 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST 12 REB, 11 PTS, 10 AST, 3 STL · 4-11 FG, 1-7 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the third, the Warriors took the fourth 32-20.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +7−4−9+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Wolves
Celtics 117Wolves 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics35252631117
Wolves28182835109
The story
Kyrie Irving's 23 points and 8 assists carried Boston past Minnesota, 117-109

For Minnesota, Nemanja Bjelica had 30 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB · 9-15 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 35-28, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +7+14+12+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Thunder
Suns 87Thunder 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2315292087
Thunder26233927115
The story
Oklahoma City beat Phoenix 115-87 behind 27 points and 9 assists from Russell Westbrook

Devin Booker paced Phoenix: 30 PTS, 6 REB 27 PTS, 9 AST, 8 REB · 11-14 FG

The swing

A 39-29 third quarter did the most damage for the Thunder.

OKC lead by quarter
300 +3+11+21+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg2.8Last 3

2.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg27.9Today

28 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 50, 24, 28, 22, 32, 28, 19, 37Warriors-Spurs · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 31, 23, 20, 38, 27, 8, 7, 30Spurs-Warriors · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Nemanja BjelicaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 3, 0, 5, 8, 12, 8, 12, 30Wolves-Celtics · L
6.5 PPG season to date · +23.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 27, 30, 40, 34, 39, 20, 31, 30Suns-Thunder · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Allen CrabbePoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 24, 11, 21, 13, 20, 6, 9, 29Nets-Hornets · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 17, 15, 8, 30, 43, 30, 32, 27Thunder-Suns · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Damian LillardPOR+8.6 35.4 last 10 · 26.8 season
Anthony DavisNOP+7.5 35.6 last 10 · 28.1 season
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Tomas SatoranskyWAS+5.6 12.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 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−5.1 0.7 last 10 · 5.8 season
Eric GordonHOU−4.6 14.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.5 6.7 last 10 · 11.2 season