FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 1, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed HOU by 19 at halftime and won 109–89.

Final
ATL94
CHA92
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +2
Final
SAS95
BOS87
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +8
Final
HOU89
MIA109
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -19; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +20
Final
MIL87
TOR106
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +19
Final
ORL87
CHI92
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +5
Final
DEN93
OKC117
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +24
Final
DAL103
LAL93
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +10
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 · 2014–15Nov 1, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs LAL), 41 points.
The lead · HOU @ MIA

Miami erases 19-point lead, steals one from Houston

Houston led 63–44 at halftime. Miami won the second half 65–26 to take it 109–89. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-190+20MIA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3528121489
MIA30143134109
Who led
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 3 games: 4, 11, 25MIA25 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 3 games: 20, 25, 20MIA20 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Marcus ThorntonHOU21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 3 games: 22, 16, 16HOU16 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, today vs 2014–15 avg
Points per game
7.92014–15 avg21Today

21 points today in 31 minutes, against 7.9 a game in 2014–15 (48 games).

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
28.72014–15 avg13.6Last 3

13.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 2014–15 (66 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
9.72014–15 avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 2014–15 (29 games). Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ATL @ CHA

Atlanta takes over late to edge Charlotte

Down 6 after three, Atlanta won the fourth 24–16. Final: 94–92. Kent Bazemore led Atlanta with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over CHA2CHI over ORL5SAS over BOS8DAL over LAL10TOR over MIL19MIA over HOU20OKC over DEN24Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over CHA.
Top performances

Hassan Whiteside leads the day with 25

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.
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 3 games: 4, 11, 25MIA vs HOU · W
13.3 PPG season to date
Career high25 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 3 games: 11, 16, 25DAL @ LAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 3 games: 22, 43, 25OKC vs DEN · W
30.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 3 games: 11, 10, 24SAS @ BOS · W
15.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 3 games: 15, 3, 22LAL vs DAL · L
13.3 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonHOU @ MIA · L
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST