FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 1, 2013Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed BOS by 16 at halftime and won 105–98.

Final
CLE84
CHA90
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +6
Final
NOP90
ORL110
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +20
Final
PHI109
WAS102
Q1 PHI -12; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +7
Final
TOR95
ATL102
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +7
Final
MIL105
BOS98
Q1 MIL -13; Q2 MIL -16; Q3 MIL -12; Q4 MIL +7
Final
MIA100
BKN101
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +1
Final
DAL105
HOU113
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +8
Final · OT
DET108
MEM111
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final
OKC81
MIN100
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +28; Q4 MIN +19
Final
POR113
DEN98
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +15
Final
UTA84
PHX87
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +3
Final
LAC110
SAC101
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +2; Q4 LAC +9
Final
SAS91
LAL85
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +6
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 · 2012–13Nov 1, 2012: 1 game. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ SAS), 23 points.
The lead · MIL @ BOS

Milwaukee erases 16-point lead, steals one from Boston

Boston led 63–47 at halftime. Milwaukee won the second half 58–35 to take it 105–98. Zaza Pachulia led Milwaukee with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-16-12+7MIL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL16312434105
BOS2934201598
Who led
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 2 games: 13, 20MIL20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
John HensonPoints, last 2 games: 5, 14MIL14 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 2 games: 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 2 games: 3, 14BOS14 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
7.02012–13 avg19.5Last 2

19.5 points a game over his last two games, against 7.0 in 2012–13 (64 games). Today: 15 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
23.22012–13 avg3.0Last 2

3.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.2 in 2012–13 (50 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
20.72012–13 avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 2012–13 (60 games). Line: 12 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 20.

BKN over MIA1MEM over DET3PHX over UTA3CHA over CLE6SAS over LAL6PHI over WAS7ATL over TOR7MIL over BOS7HOU over DAL8LAC over SAC9POR over DEN15MIN over OKC19ORL over NOP20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 34

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.
James HardenPoints, last 2 games: 21, 34HOU vs DAL · W
27.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 2 games: 13, 31TOR @ ATL · L
22.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 3 games: 9, 28, 30ORL vs NOP · W
22.3 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 2 games: 10, 29PHI @ WAS · W
19.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 2 games: 16, 29SAC vs LAC · L
22.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 2 games: 20, 26NOP @ ORL · L
23.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST