FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 30, 2014Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CLE by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–90.

Final
WAS105
ORL98
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +7
Final
NYK95
CLE90
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +5
Final
DET91
MIN97
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +6
Final
UTA102
DAL120
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +25; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +18
Final
OKC90
LAC93
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +3
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 · 2013–14Oct 30, 2013: 14 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ UTA), 42 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

New York handles Cleveland by 5

The Knicks won the fourth quarter 28–26. Final: 95–90. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2+3+5NYK AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK1824252895
CLE2519202690
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 14, 25NYK25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Iman ShumpertPoints, last 2 games: 5, 12NYK12 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingCLE22 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LoveCLE19 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
3.52013–14 avg17.5Last 2

17.5 points a game over his last two games, against 3.5 in 2013–14 (62 games). Today: 32 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
34.12013–14 avg17.6Last 2

17.6 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.1 in 2013–14 (80 games). Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
10.22013–14 avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 2013–14 (39 games). Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · OKC @ LAC

Clippers hold off OKC, 93–90

Clippers led 70–62 after three and held on to win by three. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over OKC3NYK over CLE5MIN over DET6WAS over ORL7DAL over UTA18Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over OKC.
Top performances

Perry Jones III leads the day with 32

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.
Perry Jones IIIPoints, last 2 games: 3, 32OKC @ LAC · L
17.5 PPG season to date
Career high32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 2 games: 16, 30WAS @ ORL · W
23.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 14, 25NYK @ CLE · W
19.5 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 2 games: 0, 24DET @ MIN · L
12.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 2 games: 15, 23ORL vs WAS · L
19.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinLAC vs OKC · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST