FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 15, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed OKC by 7 at halftime and won 100–85.

Final
NOP87
NYK95
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +8
Final
MEM114
MIN106
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +8
Final
POR94
CHA106
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +26; Q3 CHA +23; Q4 CHA +12
Final
UTA97
ATL96
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +1
Final
BOS100
OKC85
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +15
Final
TOR101
SAC107
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +6
Final
DET85
LAL97
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +12
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 15, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (MIN @ DAL), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ OKC

Boston handles OKC by 15

The Celtics won the fourth quarter 28–11. Final: 100–85. Marcus Smart led Boston with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-7-2+15BOS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS24212728100
OKC2428221185
Who led
Marcus SmartPoints, last 6 games: 13, 6, 17, 8, 5, 26BOS26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 9 games: 27, 25, 15, 27, 16, 20, 14, 23, 20BOS20 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 48, 15, 25, 22, 20, 21, 22, 21, 27OKC27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 18, 12, 10, 17, 10, 23, 11, 16OKC16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 9 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.02014–15 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 2014–15 (80 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · UTA @ ATL

Utah takes care of Atlanta

A 1-point win, 97–96. Derrick Favors led Utah with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over ATL1SAC over TOR6NYK over NOP8MEM over MIN8CHA over POR12LAL over DET12BOS over OKC15Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over ATL.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 36

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 7 games: 32, 21, 13, 21, 33, 40, 36SAC vs TOR · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 8 games: 18, 25, 26, 14, 43, 25, 17, 36NOP @ NYK · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 16, 18, 8, 10, 17, 24, 28, 33CHA vs POR · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 37, 19, 17, 17, 24, 25, 29, 26, 29NYK vs NOP · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 10, 14, 31, 13, 9, 4, 6, 29CHA vs POR · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 12, 12, 22, 21, 22, 19, 14, 28ATL vs UTA · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST