FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 29, 2015Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed IND by 2 after three quarters and won 112–103.

Final
MEM112
IND103
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +9
Final
ATL112
NYK101
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DAL88
LAC104
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +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
On this day · 2014–15Oct 29, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ POR), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ IND

Memphis handles Indiana by 9

The Grizzlies won the fourth quarter 39–28. Final: 112–103. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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+1-2+9MEM AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM29212339112
IND20292628103
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 2 games: 12, 20MEM20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 2 games: 8, 13MEM13 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
George HillPoints, last 2 games: 19, 20IND20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 2 games: 17, 18IND18 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK

Atlanta leads New York wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 112–101. Best quarter: the second, 31–25. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over IND9ATL over NYK11LAC over DAL16Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Points per game
8.32014–15 avg16.5Last 2

16.5 points a game over his last two games, against 8.3 in 2014–15 (74 games). Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.52014–15 avg16.2Last 2

16.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.5 in 2014–15 (76 games). Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
12.42014–15 avg35.3Today

35 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 2014–15 (24 games). Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 26

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 2 games: 33, 26LAC vs DAL · W
29.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 2 games: 11, 25NYK vs ATL · L
18.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 2 games: 18, 23ATL @ NYK · W
20.5 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 2 games: 15, 21ATL @ NYK · W
18.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 2 games: 12, 20MEM @ IND · W
16.0 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
George HillPoints, last 2 games: 19, 20IND vs MEM · L
19.5 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST