FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 4, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NYK by 14 after the first quarter and won 96–86.

Final
BOS98
IND100
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +2
Final
SAS99
WAS102
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS -7; Q4 WAS +3
Final
BKN87
ATL101
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +14
Final
NYK86
CLE96
Q1 CLE -14; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +10
Final · OT
ORL114
HOU119
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
PHI87
MIL91
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +4
Final
TOR103
OKC98
Q1 TOR -10; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +5
Final
SAC97
PHX118
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +21
Final
POR108
UTA92
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +16
Final
LAC108
GSW112
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +4
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 4, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs PHX), 39 points.
The lead · NYK @ CLE

Cleveland rallies from 14 down to beat New York

Trailing by 14 after one, Cleveland outscored the Knicks 78–54 the rest of the way. Final: 96–86. LeBron James led Cleveland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-8+1+10CLE AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK3214231786
CLE1820322696
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 25, 12, 29, 22, 23CLE23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 5 games: 19, 9, 6, 21, 22CLE22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 5 games: 11, 25, 37, 19, 17NYK17 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 5 games: 16, 10, 8, 13, 13NYK13 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 21.

IND over BOS2WAS over SAS3MIL over PHI4GSW over LAC4HOU over ORL5TOR over OKC5CLE over NYK10ATL over BKN14POR over UTA16PHX over SAC21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Points per game
4.42014–15 avg13.7Last 3

13.7 points a game over his last three games, against 4.4 in 2014–15 (73 games). Today: 14 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
21.32014–15 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 2014–15 (77 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.0Season avg24.6Today

25 minutes today, against 4.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 0 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 35

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 21, 24, 23, 34, 35POR @ UTA · W
27.4 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 5 games: 40, 25, 53, 30, 31GSW vs LAC · W
35.8 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 5 games: 3, 22, 19, 30, 29ORL @ HOU · L
20.6 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 5 games: 22, 16, 16, 37, 28HOU vs ORL · W
23.8 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 5 games: 25, 23, 15, 20, 28TOR @ OKC · W
22.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 5 games: 26, 17, 12, 18, 27BKN @ ATL · L
20.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST