FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, October 31, 2010Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIA101
NJN78
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +23
Final
DAL99
LAC83
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +16
Final
UTA120
OKC99
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +21
Final
GSW83
LAL107
Q1 LAL +20; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +24
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2009–10Oct 31, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR @ HOU), 42 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAC

Clippers' skid reaches three

Dallas won 99–83; the Clippers fall to 0–3. Caron Butler led Dallas with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+2+12+16DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2722292199
LAC2324191783
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 3 games: 13, 18, 17DAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 28, 27, 16DAL16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 3 games: 20, 14, 16LAC16 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 3 games: 8, 13, 13LAC13 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · UTA @ OKC

Utah never trails at a break against OKC

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 120–99. Paul Millsap led Utah with 30 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over LAC16UTA over OKC21MIA over NJN23LAL over GSW24Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 3 vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
7.12009–10 avg19.0Last 3

19.0 points a game over his last three games, against 7.1 in 2009–10 (72 games). Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.2minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
24.72009–10 avg3.5Last 2

3.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.7 in 2009–10 (73 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.2minutes, today vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
27.82009–10 avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 27.8 a game in 2009–10 (82 games). Line: 30 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Paul Millsap leads the day with 30

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Paul MillsapPoints, last 3 games: 15, 19, 30UTA @ OKC · W
21.3 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 30, 30, 28OKC vs UTA · L
29.3 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 3 games: 29, 21, 26LAL vs GSW · W
25.3 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 3 games: 6, 20, 23UTA @ OKC · W
16.3 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 3 games: 28, 17, 22OKC vs UTA · L
22.3 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 3 games: 2, 2, 21UTA @ OKC · W
8.3 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST