FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 24, 2014Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed PHI by 2 at halftime and won 114–104.

Final
LAC113
CHA92
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +21
Final
ORL74
CLE106
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +23; Q4 CLE +32
Final
POR114
PHI104
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +10
Final
PHX100
TOR104
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +4
Final
NYK86
HOU91
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +5
Final
IND111
DAL100
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +11
Final
CHI97
UTA95
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +2
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 24, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (BKN vs DET), 34 points.
The lead · POR @ PHI

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 33 as Portland wins in Philadelphia

Final: 114–104. LaMarcus Aldridge made 13 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-2+9+10POR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR24263925114
PHI20322824104
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 21, 28, 25, 12, 22, 16, 20, 33POR33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 21, 16, 12, 10, 16, 12, 10, 17POR17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Michael Carter-WilliamsPoints, last 7 games: 19, 13, 16, 11, 18, 9, 24PHI24 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Henry SimsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 16, 12, 4, 14, 9, 14, 5, 6, 22PHI22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Orlando by 32, the widest margin of 7 games.

CHI over UTA2TOR over PHX4HOU over NYK5POR over PHI10IND over DAL11LAC over CHA21CLE over ORL32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 13 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.7Season avg20.3Today

20 minutes today, against 4.7 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 36

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 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 23, 35, 19, 6, 24, 32, 36HOU vs NYK · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 21, 28, 25, 12, 22, 16, 20, 33POR @ PHI · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 32, 41, 32, 22, 15, 22, 15, 29CLE vs ORL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Donald SloanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 13, 2, 15, 12, 6, 11, 8, 29IND @ DAL · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 12, 4, 8, 17, 10, 18, 8, 27TOR vs PHX · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 11, 22, 1, 15, 18, 13, 9, 25PHX @ TOR · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST