FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 31, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NYK81
CHI82
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +1
Final
GSW115
LAC126
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +11
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 31, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ DET), 37 points.
The lead · NYK @ CHI

Chicago holds off New York, 82–81

Chicago led 71–61 after three and held on to win by one. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+5+10+1CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1622232081
CHI2617281182
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 2 games: 12, 18CHI18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 2 games: 4, 17CHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 19, 22NYK22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 2 games: 18, 13NYK13 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
16.92012–13 avg28.5Last 2

28.5 points a game over his last two games, against 16.9 in 2012–13 (70 games). Today: 42 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
29.32012–13 avg11.5Last 2

11.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.3 in 2012–13 (81 games). Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
24.52012–13 avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in 2012–13 (82 games). Line: 9 points, 17 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · GSW @ LAC

Clippers lead Golden State wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 126–115. Best quarter: the first, 36–26. Chris Paul led Clippers with 42 points, 2 rebounds and 15 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs GSW
Chris Paul · LACStephen Curry · GSWPTS4238REB23AST159Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Chris Paul 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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 2 games: 15, 42LAC vs GSW · W
28.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Devin Harris NJN, Dec 19, 2008: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
42 PTS · 2 REB · 15 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 10, 38GSW @ LAC · L
24.0 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 2 games: 19, 23LAC vs GSW · W
21.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 19, 22NYK @ CHI · L
20.5 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
David LeePoints, last 2 games: 24, 22GSW @ LAC · L
23.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 2 games: 12, 18CHI vs NYK · W
15.0 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST