FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 30, 2013Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed NOP by 14 at halftime and won 95–90.

Final
BKN94
CLE98
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MIA110
PHI114
Q1 PHI +19; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -9; Q4 PHI +4
Final
BOS87
TOR93
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +6
Final
WAS102
DET113
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +11
Final
MIL83
NYK90
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +25; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CHA83
HOU96
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +13
Final · OT
ORL115
MIN120
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +5
Final
IND95
NOP90
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -14; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +5
Final
ATL109
DAL118
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MEM94
SAS101
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +7
Final
OKC101
UTA98
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +3
Final
POR91
PHX104
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +13
Final
DEN88
SAC90
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC +2
Final
LAL94
GSW125
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +19; Q3 GSW +33; Q4 GSW +31
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 · 2012–13Oct 30, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs WAS), 29 points.
The lead · IND @ NOP

Paul George scores 32, Indiana rallies past New Orleans

Indiana trailed by 14 at the half and won 95–90.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-14-7+5IND AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1422233695
NOP2426162490
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 2 games: 24, 32IND32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
George HillPoints, last 2 games: 7, 19IND19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonNOP25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayNOP24 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+21.4points, today vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
16.62012–13 avg38Today

38 points today in 31 minutes, against 16.6 a game in 2012–13 (82 games).

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
33.82012–13 avg23.7Last 2

23.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.8 in 2012–13 (49 games). Today: 12 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
10.62012–13 avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 2012–13 (38 games). Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Warriors rout

Four of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Lakers by 31.

SAC over DEN2OKC over UTA3CLE over BKN4PHI over MIA4MIN over ORL5IND over NOP5TOR over BOS6NYK over MIL7SAS over MEM7DAL over ATL9DET over WAS11HOU over CHA13PHX over POR13GSW over LAL31Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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.
Kevin DurantOKC @ UTA · W
42.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Paolo Banchero ORL, Dec 6, 2023: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
42 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Klay ThompsonGSW vs LAL · W
38.0 PPG season to date
Career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisDAL vs ATL · W
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 2 games: 24, 32IND @ NOP · W
28.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPOR @ PHX · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LoveMIN vs ORL · W
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST