FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 27, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DET106
ATL94
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +12
Final
CLE95
CHI97
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +2
Final
NOP95
GSW111
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +16
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CLE @ CHI

Chicago holds off Cleveland, 97–95

Chicago led 71–68 after three and held on to win by two. Nikola Mirotic led Chicago with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+6+3+2CHI AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1723282795
CHI2620252697
Who led
Nikola MiroticCHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RoseCHI18 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesCLE25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Mo WilliamsCLE19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.2points, today vs 2014–15 avg
Points per game
23.82014–15 avg40Today

40 points today in 36 minutes, against 23.8 a game in 2014–15 (80 games).

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
15.12014–15 avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 2014–15 (55 games). Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Cooling off
−16.5points, today vs 2014–15 avg
Points per game
18.52014–15 avg2Today

2 points today in 32 minutes, against 18.5 a game in 2014–15 (78 games).

Second story · DET @ ATL

Detroit beats Atlanta, 106–94

Detroit led 82–66 after three and won by 12. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led Detroit with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over CLE2DET over ATL12GSW over NOP16Final margin, points. Pink = DET over ATL.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 40

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.
Stephen CurryGSW vs NOP · W
40.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Feb 18, 2010: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesCLE @ CHI · L
25.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET @ ATL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dennis SchroderATL vs DET · L
20.0 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Mo WilliamsCLE @ CHI · L
19.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Paul MillsapATL vs DET · L
19.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST