FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 2, 2020Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 109–107.

Final · Box score
Jazz126
Cavs113
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +13
Final · Box score
Rockets123
Knicks125
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +2
Final · Box score
Blazers130
Magic107
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +23
Final · Box score
Grizzlies127
Hawks88
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +39
Final · Box score
Bucks89
Heat105
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +16
Final · Box score
Mavs107
Bulls109
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI -10; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +2
Final · Box score
Pacers116
Spurs111
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +5
On this day · 2018–19Mar 2, 2019: 9 games. Top scorer: Donovan Mitchell (Jazz-Bucks), 46 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Bulls

Chicago climbs back to beat Dallas

James Harden goes for 35 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-10+6+2CHI AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs29291732107
Bulls19293328109
Who led
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 6, 14, 12, 33, 33, 35, 22, 19CHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 4, 9, 7, 15, 22, 4, 18, 13, 18CHI18 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 14, 33, 19, 16, 33, 23, 17, 15, 19, 26DAL26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 29, 21, 33, 33, 20, 26, 23, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Lead changes
Jazz-Cavs9
Rockets-Knicks5
Bucks-Heat5
Pacers-Spurs5
Blazers-Magic4
Grizzlies-Hawks3
Mavs-Bulls3
The night in charts
Rockets-Knicks combined for 248, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-KnicksRockets 123, Knicks 125
248
Jazz-CavsJazz 126, Cavs 113
239
Blazers-MagicBlazers 130, Magic 107
237
Pacers-SpursPacers 116, Spurs 111
227
Mavs-BullsMavs 107, Bulls 109
216
Grizzlies-HawksGrizzlies 127, Hawks 88
215
Bucks-HeatBucks 89, Heat 105
194
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-KnicksRockets 123, Knicks 125
+2 NYK
Mavs-BullsMavs 107, Bulls 109
+2 CHI
Pacers-SpursPacers 116, Spurs 111
+5 IND
Jazz-CavsJazz 126, Cavs 113
+13 UTA
Bucks-HeatBucks 89, Heat 105
+16 MIA
Blazers-MagicBlazers 130, Magic 107
+23 POR
Grizzlies-HawksGrizzlies 127, Hawks 88
+39 MEM
CHI erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Mavs-BullsCHI won · Mavs 107, Bulls 109
10 pts
Pacers-SpursIND won · Pacers 116, Spurs 111
8 pts
Finney-Smith shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Finney-SmithDAL · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
SextonCLE · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
65% (11-17)
MarjanovicDAL · 14 PTS, 12 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Otto Porter Jr.CHI · 18 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
PortisNYK · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Rockets-Knicks
Rockets 123Knicks 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets31322832123
Knicks36372824125
The story
RJ Barrett had 27 points as New York beat Houston 125-123

Russell Westbrook led Houston with 24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST · 10-18 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

The Knicks won the first 36-31, their biggest quarter edge.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +5+10+10+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Bulls
Mavs 107Bulls 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs29291732107
Bulls19293328109
The story
Coby White's 19 points carried Chicago past Dallas, 109-107

For Dallas, Maxi Kleber had 13 PTS, 10 REB 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 8-20 FG, 3-9 3PT

The swing

The Bulls trailed by 10 going into the third, then won it 33-17.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −10−10+6+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Luka Doncic was the fantasy play: 42.0 FPTS on 23 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB

Final · Blazers-Magic
Blazers 130Magic 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers35342338130
Magic28303019107
The story
Portland beat Orlando 130-107 behind 24 points from Gary Trent Jr.

Terrence Ross paced Orlando: 23 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 9-16 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

A 38-19 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
300 +7+11+4+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+16.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 60 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Atlanta by 39, the widest margin of 7 games.

NYK over HOU2CHI over DAL2IND over SAS5UTA over CLE13MIA over MIL16POR over ORL23MEM over ATL39Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 41

CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 20, 23, 27, 41, 28, 28, 35, 41Blazers-Magic · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 9, 2000: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 28, 42, 29, 38, 37, 30, 21, 35Rockets-Knicks · L
34.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 23, 25, 17, 13, 28, 31, 16, 32Cavs-Jazz · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 24, 19, 27, 16, 17, 27, 16, 30Magic-Blazers · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 23, 22, 15, 12, 16, 3, 21, 28Jazz-Cavs · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 5, 16, 17, 21, 5, 15, 19, 27Knicks-Rockets · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Malik BeasleyMIN+9.5 19.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Christian WoodDET+8.4 20.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jayson TatumBOS+8.0 31.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Coby WhiteCHI+7.4 20.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Seth CurryDAL+7.3 19.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Josh RichardsonPHI−5.3 8.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Aron BaynesPHX−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jordan McRaeDEN−5.0 6.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Paul GeorgeLAC−4.6 16.6 last 10 · 21.2 season
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM−4.5 12.4 last 10 · 16.9 season