FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 6, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHI by 6 at halftime and won 97–80.

Final
TOR90
CHA92
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +2
Final
CHI80
IND97
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +17
Final
LAC90
ORL98
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +8
Final
WAS116
PHI102
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +14
Final
UTA87
BOS97
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +16; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +10
Final
NOP99
MEM84
Q1 NOP +15; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +22; Q4 NOP +15
Final
CLE104
MIL109
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
GSW106
MIN93
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +13
Final
PHX96
SAS99
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DAL93
OKC107
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +14
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 6, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: Arron Afflalo (ORL @ CHI), 28 points.
The lead · CHI @ IND

Indiana makes it five straight

Indiana beat Chicago 97–80 and moved to 5–0. Paul George led Indiana with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND 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+6-6+1+17IND AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI1924191880
IND2512263497
Who led
Paul GeorgePoints, last 5 games: 24, 32, 21, 31, 21IND21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
David WestPoints, last 5 games: 13, 12, 4, 12, 17IND17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 4 games: 4, 17, 20, 17CHI17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 4 games: 12, 18, 13, 17CHI17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ BOS

Boston beats Utah, 97–87

Boston led 84–62 after three and won by 10. Brandon Bass led Boston with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over TOR2SAS over PHX3MIL over CLE5ORL over LAC8BOS over UTA10GSW over MIN13WAS over PHI14OKC over DAL14NOP over MEM15IND over CHI17Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, today vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
9.22012–13 avg14Today

14 points today in 14 minutes, against 9.2 a game in 2012–13 (81 games).

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 4 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nikola Vucevic 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.
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 5 games: 8, 22, 10, 19, 30ORL vs LAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date
Ties career high30 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 5 games: 38, 10, 27, 15, 30GSW @ MIN · W
24.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 5 games: 15, 16, 15, 15, 29CLE @ MIL · L
18.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 5 games: 12, 18, 15, 22, 28UTA @ BOS · L
19.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 4 games: 13, 8, 16, 28MIL vs CLE · W
16.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 5 games: 14, 22, 24, 15, 26MEM vs NOP · L
20.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST