FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 30, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 4 points, by SAS (vs BOS) and POR (vs MIN).

Final
SAS111
BOS89
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +22
Final
CHI102
BKN84
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +18
Final
GSW104
DET93
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +11
Final
MEM97
SAC85
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +12
Final
MIA86
NYK79
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +7
Final
ORL93
PHX90
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +3
Final
MIN93
POR107
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +14
Final · OT
TOR122
LAL129
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +7
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 30, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ SAS), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ POR

Portland beats Minnesota, 107–93

Portland led 75–61 after three and won by 14. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

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+8+14+14POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2614213293
POR22262732107
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 12, 22, 16, 20, 33, 9, 19, 26POR26 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 10, 16, 12, 10, 17, 28, 26, 23POR23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Shabazz MuhammadPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 7, 18, 17, 2, 9, 13, 4, 28MIN28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 2, 2, 13, 14, 15, 11, 25, 21MIN21 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Second story · SAS @ BOS

San Antonio rolls past Boston, 111–89

The Celtics were held to 16 points in the fourth quarter. Danny Green led San Antonio with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over PHX3MIA over NYK7LAL over TOR7GSW over DET11MEM over SAC12POR over MIN14CHI over BKN18SAS over BOS22Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 16 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg18.9Last 3

18.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 9, 44, 28, 29, 17, 27, 22, 26, 31LAL vs TOR · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook HOU, Jan 15, 2020: 31 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
31 PTS · 11 REB · 12 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 27, 46, 28, 26, 20, 25, 14, 31NYK vs MIA · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 19, 18, 20, 23, 14, 14, 25, 29TOR @ LAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Shabazz MuhammadPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 7, 18, 17, 2, 9, 13, 4, 28MIN @ POR · L
9.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 9 games: 21, 9, 19, 19, 25, 25, 20, 20, 27MIA @ NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 12, 22, 16, 20, 33, 9, 19, 26POR vs MIN · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST