FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 6, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 108–87.

Final
SAS81
HOU98
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +17
Final
DAL87
POR108
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +21
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 6, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (ORL vs LAC), 30 points.
The lead · DAL @ POR

Portland rolls past Dallas, 108–87

The Mavericks were held to 18 points in the third quarter. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-4+13+21POR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2426181987
POR20263527108
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 22, 26, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 10, 20, 11, 27, 18POR18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 5 games: 18, 21, 17, 27, 17DAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 5 games: 26, 14, 17, 14, 14DAL14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ HOU

Houston never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–81. Dwight Howard led Houston with 32 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs SAS
Dwight Howard · HOUCory Joseph · SASPTS3218REB161AST00Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, today vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
19.72013–14 avg8.7Today

8.7 minutes today in 9 minutes, against 19.7 a game in 2013–14 (55 games).

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard 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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 6 games: 13, 22, 14, 11, 26, 32HOU vs SAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 32, 18, 26, 35, 25, 20HOU vs SAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 22, 26, 16, 20POR vs DAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 10, 20, 11, 27, 18POR vs DAL · W
17.2 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Cory JosephPoints, last 4 games: 7, 7, 10, 18SAS @ HOU · L
10.5 PPG season to date
Ties career high18 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 5 games: 18, 21, 17, 27, 17DAL @ POR · L
20.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST