FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 16, 2015Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed HOU by 4 after the first quarter and won 111–95.

Final
DAL92
PHI86
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +6
Final
IND95
CHI96
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +1
Final
BOS111
HOU95
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +16
Final
OKC114
MEM122
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +8
Final
POR80
SAS93
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +13
Final
LAL101
PHX120
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +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 16, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs GSW), 44 points.
The lead · BOS @ HOU

Houston's skid reaches four

Boston won 111–95; the Rockets fall to 4–7. Isaiah Thomas led Boston with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 6 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 Q3Final0-40+19+16BOS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS24313224111
HOU2827132795
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 15, 27, 16, 20, 14, 23, 20, 23BOS23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 8 games: 4, 13, 18, 21, 6, 2, 14, 21BOS21 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 9, 19, 18, 6, 11, 13, 4, 19HOU19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 37, 28, 43, 46, 23, 28, 25, 16HOU16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.5minutes, last 2 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.02014–15 avg7.5Last 2

7.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.0 in 2014–15 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · OKC @ MEM

Memphis gets past OKC

122–114, with Memphis ahead 58–52 at halftime. Mario Chalmers led Memphis with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over IND1DAL over PHI6MEM over OKC8SAS over POR13BOS over HOU16PHX over LAL19Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over OKC.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 40

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 48, 15, 25, 22, 20, 21, 22, 21, 27, 40OKC @ MEM · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 6, 2016: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
40 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 27, 12, 17, 22, 14, 37, 10, 30PHX vs LAL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: De'Aaron Fox SAC, Nov 1, 2018: 31 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
30 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 9 games: 8, 8, 4, 2, 2, 9, 11, 16, 29MEM vs OKC · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 35, 27, 26, 30, 22, 11, 23, 27POR @ SAS · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 16, 26, 36, 32, 27, 26, 29, 26IND @ CHI · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 15, 27, 16, 20, 14, 23, 20, 23BOS @ HOU · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST