FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 2, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed UTA by 16 at halftime and won 104–93.

Final
CLE74
IND89
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI104
PHI107
Q1 PHI -12; Q2 PHI -15; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +3
Final
CHA84
NOP105
Q1 NOP +18; Q2 NOP +15; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +21
Final
MEM99
DAL111
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +12
Final
TOR97
MIL90
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +7
Final
HOU104
UTA93
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -16; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +11
Final
SAS105
POR115
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +10
Final
SAC87
GSW98
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +20; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +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 · 2012–13Nov 2, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ ATL), 45 points.
The lead · HOU @ UTA

Houston storms back from 16 down to beat Utah

The Rockets trailed by 16 at the half and won 104–93. Chandler Parsons led Houston with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-8-160+11HOU AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU16243331104
UTA2432172093
Who led
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 3 games: 10, 9, 24HOU24 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 3 games: 21, 34, 23HOU23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 3 games: 10, 7, 18UTA18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 3 games: 14, 20, 16UTA16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 3 vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
7.02012–13 avg18.0Last 3

18.0 points a game over his last three games, against 7.0 in 2012–13 (64 games). Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
26.32012–13 avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 2012–13 (77 games). Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
10.62012–13 avg29.6Today

30 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 2012–13 (38 games). Line: 1 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: New Orleans by 21.

PHI over CHI3TOR over MIL7POR over SAS10HOU over UTA11GSW over SAC11DAL over MEM12IND over CLE15NOP over CHA21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 27

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 3 games: 38, 10, 27GSW vs SAC · W
25.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 3 games: 22, 14, 26PHI vs CHI · W
20.7 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 3 games: 32, 18, 25POR vs SAS · W
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 3 games: 20, 26, 25NOP vs CHA · W
23.7 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 3 games: 10, 9, 24HOU @ UTA · W
14.3 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 3 games: 14, 22, 24MEM @ DAL · L
20.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST