FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 7, 2014Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed PHX by 11 after the first quarter and won 114–112.

Final · 2OT
ATL119
CHA122
Q1 CHA -7; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA -8; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA 0; OT2 CHA +3
Final · OT
MIN103
ORL112
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +9
Final
CHI118
PHI115
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +3
Final
NYK99
BKN110
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +13; Q3 BKN +18; Q4 BKN +11
Final
IND98
BOS101
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +3
Final
MIL95
DET98
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +3
Final
WAS84
TOR103
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +24; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +19
Final
MEM91
OKC89
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +2
Final · 2OT
SAC114
PHX112
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -11; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC 0; OT2 SAC +2
Final
DAL105
UTA82
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +23
Final
CLE110
DEN101
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +9
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 7, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs LAL), 35 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHX

Sacramento needs two overtimes to survive Phoenix

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 8–6 for a 114–112 win. DeMarcus Cousins led Sacramento with 25 points, 18 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-11-3-1100+2SAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
SAC2530222278114
PHX3622301176112
Who led
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 6 games: 20, 17, 34, 19, 30, 25SAC25 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 6 games: 13, 17, 14, 21, 10, 16SAC16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 6 games: 16, 12, 10, 6, 23, 23PHX23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 6 games: 18, 10, 10, 16, 6, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, today vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
8.52013–14 avg17Today

17 points today in 41 minutes, against 8.5 a game in 2013–14 (78 games).

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
24.42013–14 avg5.7Last 2

5.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.4 in 2013–14 (58 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.0Season avg26.7Today

27 minutes today, against 6.0 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games go down to the wire

Six of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 23.

MEM over OKC2SAC over PHX2CHA over ATL3CHI over PHI3BOS over IND3DET over MIL3ORL over MIN9CLE over DEN9BKN over NYK11TOR over WAS19DAL over UTA23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 34

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 6 games: 14, 19, 21, 20, 28, 34CHA vs ATL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tony WrotenPoints, last 6 games: 22, 14, 21, 20, 27, 31PHI vs CHI · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 5 games: 19, 15, 17, 19, 29BKN vs NYK · W
19.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 5 games: 7, 5, 5, 19, 28DEN vs CLE · L
12.8 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 18, 21, 17, 27, 17, 27DAL @ UTA · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 6 games: 0, 14, 13, 3, 12, 27CHI @ PHI · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST