FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 8, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed CLE by 14 after the first quarter and won 94–79.

Final
NYK101
CHA91
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +10
Final
TOR84
IND91
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +7
Final
BOS91
ORL89
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +2
Final
CLE79
PHI94
Q1 PHI -14; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +15
Final · OT
BKN108
WAS112
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final
OKC119
DET110
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +9
Final
UTA73
CHI97
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +24
Final
DAL108
MIN116
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +8
Final
LAL85
NOP96
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP +3; Q4 NOP +11
Final
GSW74
SAS76
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +2
Final
DEN103
PHX114
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +11
Final
SAC91
POR104
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +13
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 8, 2012: 2 games. Top scorer: Luol Deng (CHI vs OKC), 27 points.
The lead · CLE @ PHI

Philadelphia climbs back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 14 after one. Philadelphia won it 94–79. Evan Turner led Philadelphia with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14+2+16+15PHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2814191879
PHI1430331794
Who led
Evan TurnerPoints, last 6 games: 26, 23, 20, 18, 24, 22PHI22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tony WrotenPoints, last 6 games: 14, 10, 11, 14, 2, 18PHI18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 6 games: 11, 2, 17, 8, 21, 18CLE18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 6 games: 18, 21, 2, 12, 5, 13CLE13 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 3 vs 2012–13 avg
Points per game
5.22012–13 avg12.0Last 3

12.0 points a game over his last three games, against 5.2 in 2012–13 (40 games). Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 2 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
20.12012–13 avg1.0Last 2

1.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.1 in 2012–13 (43 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
8.42012–13 avg31.7Today

32 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 2012–13 (39 games). Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bulls rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Utah by 24.

BOS over ORL2SAS over GSW2WAS over BKN4IND over TOR7MIN over DAL8OKC over DET9NYK over CHA10NOP over LAL11PHX over DEN11POR over SAC13PHI over CLE15CHI over UTA24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

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 DurantPoints, last 5 games: 42, 13, 33, 23, 37OKC @ DET · W
29.6 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 5 games: 30, 24, 8, 11, 35SAC @ POR · L
21.6 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 6 games: 31, 24, 34, 17, 25, 32MIN vs DAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 6 games: 20, 26, 25, 17, 18, 32NOP vs LAL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 6 games: 23, 9, 30, 23, 23, 32MIN vs DAL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 6 games: 19, 14, 18, 13, 20, 30TOR @ IND · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST