FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 3, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DEN by 3 after the first quarter and won 110–105.

Final
HOU104
PHI93
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +11
Final
OKC85
BKN116
Q1 BKN +13; Q2 BKN +19; Q3 BKN +23; Q4 BKN +31
Final
NOP81
MEM93
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +12
Final
BOS113
DAL118
Q1 DAL +21; Q2 DAL +26; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +5
Final
SAC110
DEN105
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +5
Final
UTA101
LAC107
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +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 · 2013–14Nov 3, 2013: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ NYK), 34 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Sacramento makes it three straight

Sacramento beat Denver 110–105 and moved to 3–1. Darren Collison led Sacramento with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-3+5+2+5SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC19322831110
DEN22243128105
Who led
Darren CollisonPoints, last 4 games: 13, 17, 14, 21SAC21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 4 games: 20, 17, 34, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 3 games: 15, 14, 16DEN16 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 3 games: 2, 8, 16DEN16 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · BOS @ DAL

Dallas leads Boston wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 118–113. Best quarter: the first, 40–19. Chandler Parsons led Dallas with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over BOS5SAC over DEN5LAC over UTA6HOU over PHI11MEM over NOP12BKN over OKC31Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, today vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
13.12013–14 avg23Today

23 points today in 42 minutes, against 13.1 a game in 2013–14 (80 games).

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
23.32013–14 avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 2013–14 (78 games). Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg29.6Today

30 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 35

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 4 games: 32, 18, 26, 35HOU @ PHI · W
27.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 3 games: 17, 17, 35BOS @ DAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 3 games: 15, 6, 32BOS @ DAL · L
17.7 PPG season to date
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 4 games: 23, 39, 17, 31LAC vs UTA · W
27.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 4 games: 5, 21, 20, 29DAL vs BOS · W
18.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 4 games: 8, 16, 24, 27UTA @ LAC · L
18.8 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST