FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 5, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed BOS by 12 after the first quarter and won 110–107.

Final
MIA89
CHA96
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +7
Final
ORL91
PHI89
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +2
Final
MIN98
BKN91
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +7
Final
TOR110
BOS107
Q1 TOR -12; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +3
Final
NYK95
DET98
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +3
Final
CHI95
MIL86
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +9
Final · OT
IND94
WAS96
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +2
Final
ATL92
SAS94
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +2
Final
MEM102
PHX91
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +11
Final
CLE100
UTA102
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +2
Final
DEN109
SAC131
Q1 SAC +21; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +33; Q4 SAC +22
Final
LAC104
GSW121
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +27; Q4 GSW +17
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 5, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ TOR), 35 points.
The lead · TOR @ BOS

Kyle Lowry scores 35, Toronto rallies past Boston

Toronto trailed by 12 after one and won 110–107.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-3+2+3TOR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR23313422110
BOS35222921107
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 5 games: 11, 21, 22, 9, 35TOR35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 5 games: 15, 26, 30, 16, 23TOR23 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 4 games: 17, 17, 35, 20BOS20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 4 games: 13, 14, 14, 19BOS19 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one Kings rout

Six of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Denver by 22.

ORL over PHI2WAS over IND2SAS over ATL2UTA over CLE2TOR over BOS3DET over NYK3CHA over MIA7MIN over BKN7CHI over MIL9MEM over PHX11GSW over LAC17SAC over DEN22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
13.12013–14 avg19.7Last 3

19.7 points a game over his last three games, against 13.1 in 2013–14 (67 games). Today: 14 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
20.82013–14 avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 2013–14 (43 games). Today: 8 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Season avg26.7Today

27 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Lowry 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.
Kyle LowryPoints, last 5 games: 11, 21, 22, 9, 35TOR @ BOS · W
19.6 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 4 games: 22, 23, 9, 34CLE @ UTA · L
22.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 5 games: 16, 30, 19, 11, 31WAS vs IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Donald SloanPoints, last 5 games: 16, 12, 14, 5, 31IND @ WAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 17, 36, 11, 31CLE @ UTA · L
23.8 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 5 games: 20, 17, 34, 19, 30SAC vs DEN · W
24.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST