FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 5, 2015Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by POR (vs MEM) and UTA (vs DEN).

Final
OKC98
CHI104
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +6
Final
MIA96
MIN84
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +12
Final
CHA108
DAL94
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +14
Final
UTA96
DEN84
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +12
Final
MEM96
POR115
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +19
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 5, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Kyle Lowry (TOR @ BOS), 35 points.
The lead · UTA @ DEN

Utah handles Denver by 12

The Jazz won the fourth quarter 31–20. Final: 96–84. Gordon Hayward led Utah with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-2+1+12UTA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1921253196
DEN2418222084
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 5 games: 13, 12, 11, 19, 20UTA20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Trevor BookerPoints, last 4 games: 2, 4, 0, 13UTA13 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 5 games: 23, 10, 15, 21, 18DEN18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Will BartonPoints, last 5 games: 11, 14, 15, 10, 12DEN12 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ POR

Portland makes it three straight

Portland beat Memphis 115–96 and moved to 4–2. Damian Lillard led Portland with 27 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Wvs NOP112–94L@ PHX92–110Lvs PHX90–101W@ MIN106–101W@ UTA108–92Wvs MEM115–96POR: last 6 games through Nov 5, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 4 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.6minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
33.12014–15 avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 2014–15 (66 games). Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 33

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 22, 43, 25, 29, 27, 33OKC @ CHI · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 5 games: 17, 10, 10, 14, 31CHA @ DAL · W
16.4 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 6 games: 18, 15, 8, 6, 4, 29CHI vs OKC · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 6 games: 21, 24, 23, 34, 35, 27POR vs MEM · W
27.3 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 6 games: 17, 24, 23, 14, 26, 26CHI vs OKC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 5 games: 20, 25, 20, 21, 25MIA @ MIN · W
22.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST