FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 18, 2015Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 15 points, by DAL (vs BOS) and HOU (vs POR).

Final
BKN111
CHA116
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +5
Final · OT
MIN101
ORL104
Q1 ORL -8; Q2 ORL -14; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +3
Final
IND112
PHI85
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +27
Final
DAL106
BOS102
Q1 DAL -15; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -8; Q4 DAL +4
Final
SAC97
ATL103
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +6
Final · OT
POR103
HOU108
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU -15; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
NOP103
OKC110
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +7
Final
DEN98
SAS109
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +11
Final
TOR89
UTA93
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +4
Final
CHI103
PHX97
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +6
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 18, 2014: 4 games. Top scorer: Paul Millsap (ATL vs LAL), 29 points.
The lead · DAL @ BOS

Dallas storms back from 15 down to beat Boston

The Mavericks trailed by 15 after one and won 106–102. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-9-8+4DAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL16292536106
BOS31232424102
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 18, 14, 18, 18, 31, 9, 21, 23DAL23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 8, 11, 13, 0, 25, 8, 7, 18DAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 27, 16, 20, 14, 23, 20, 23, 19BOS19 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 9, 21, 11, 11, 10, 8, 9, 18BOS18 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
29.02014–15 avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 2014–15 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg31.9Today

32 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pacers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Philadelphia by 27.

ORL over MIN3DAL over BOS4UTA over TOR4CHA over BKN5HOU over POR5ATL over SAC6CHI over PHX6OKC over NOP7SAS over DEN11IND over PHI27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 45

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 37, 28, 43, 46, 23, 28, 25, 16, 45HOU vs POR · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2006: 45 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
45 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 22, 20, 21, 22, 21, 27, 40, 43OKC vs NOP · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Jan 31, 2007: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
43 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 26, 36, 32, 27, 26, 29, 26, 34IND @ PHI · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 14, 26, 26, 11, 7, 27, 17, 32CHI @ PHX · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 10, 21, 25, 17, 5, 16, 24, 30NOP @ OKC · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 12, 31, 33, 19, 26, 21, 24, 28MIN @ ORL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST