FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 12, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAC by 1 after three quarters and won 106–101.

Final · Box score
Spurs93
Rockets109
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +16
Final · Box score
Bucks121
Grizzlies103
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +18
Final · Box score
Kings101
Thunder106
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +5
Final · Box score
Heat99
Blazers115
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +16
On this day · 2016–17Mar 12, 2017: 6 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (Blazers-Suns), 39 points.
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The lead · Kings-Thunder

OKC makes it three straight

Jusuf Nurkic goes for 27 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+6-1+5OKC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings16243922101
Thunder19273228106
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 26, 23, 20, 21, 17, 21, 11, 21OKC21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 14, 9, 12, 14, 23, 11, 2, 21OKC21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 14, 23, 15, 22, 0, 8, 6, 19SAC19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 13, 3, 9, 3, 2, 23, 7, 15SAC15 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Spurs-Rockets

Houston never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–93. James Harden led Houston with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over SAC5HOU over SAS16POR over MIA16MIL over MEM18Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over SAS.
Lead changes
Kings-Thunder4
Heat-Blazers4
Bucks-Grizzlies3
Spurs-Rockets1
The night in charts
Bucks-Grizzlies combined for 224, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-GrizzliesBucks 121, Grizzlies 103
224
Heat-BlazersHeat 99, Blazers 115
214
Kings-ThunderKings 101, Thunder 106
207
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 93, Rockets 109
202
OKC won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Kings-ThunderKings 101, Thunder 106
+5 OKC
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 93, Rockets 109
+16 HOU
Heat-BlazersHeat 99, Blazers 115
+16 POR
Bucks-GrizzliesBucks 121, Grizzlies 103
+18 MIL
CP3 shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CP3HOU · 18 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
NurkicPOR · 27 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
67% (12-18)
MiddletonMIL · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
64% (9-14)
Justin JacksonSAC · 15 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
DragicMIA · 23 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
Final · Kings-Thunder
Kings 101Thunder 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings16243922101
Thunder19273228106
The story
Russell Westbrook had a 17-10-11 triple-double as Oklahoma City beat Sacramento 106-101

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Sacramento with 19 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 11 AST, 10 REB · 7-19 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the third, the Thunder took the fourth 28-22.

OKC lead by quarter
200 +3+6−1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Blazers
Heat 99Blazers 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2522252799
Blazers34252927115
The story
CJ McCollum's 17 points carried Portland past Miami, 115-99

For Miami, Goran Dragic had 23 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB · 5-11 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 34-25, was where the Trail Blazers built it.

POR lead by quarter
200 +9+12+16+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Grizzlies
Bucks 121Grizzlies 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks32322631121
Grizzlies24262330103
The story
Milwaukee beat Memphis 121-103 behind 24 points from Khris Middleton

Marc Gasol paced Memphis: 17 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST · 9-14 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 32-24 first quarter did the most damage for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 +8+14+17+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Brandon Jennings topped the game at 43.1 FPTS: 16 PTS, 12 AST, 8 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 67 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.1Season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 9.1 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 32

Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 44, 24, 40, 26, 35, 20, 39, 37, 28, 32Blazers-Heat · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 41, 26, 25, 26, 23, 26, 40, 28Rockets-Spurs · W
31.0 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jusuf NurkicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 14, 17, 16, 9, 16, 11, 10, 27Blazers-Heat · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 17, 17, 30, 10, 6, 18, 30, 24Bucks-Grizzlies · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 6, 21, 19, 13, 17, 16, 7, 10, 23Heat-Blazers · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 26, 5, 26, 23, 20, 21, 17, 21, 11, 21Thunder-Kings · W
22.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Andrew HarrisonMEM+6.3 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jarell MartinMEM+5.8 13.2 last 10 · 7.4 season
Anthony DavisNOP+5.7 33.7 last 10 · 28.0 season
Damian LillardPOR+5.6 32.5 last 10 · 26.9 season
Josh HartLAL+5.6 12.2 last 10 · 6.6 season
Cold
Kevin LoveCLE−7.6 10.3 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rodney HoodCLE−5.6 9.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Avery BradleyLAC−5.4 8.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Gerald GreenHOU−4.7 6.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Wesley JohnsonLAC−4.5 1.3 last 10 · 5.8 season