FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 27, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 4 at halftime and won 102–94.

Final
WAS99
ATL114
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +15
Final
BOS99
CHI105
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +6
Final
LAC114
POR106
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +8
Final
SAS102
SAC94
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +8
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 · 2015–16Oct 27, 2015: 3 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs NOP), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ SAC

Kawhi Leonard scores 30 as San Antonio wins in Sacramento

Final: 102–94. Kawhi Leonard made 11 of 21 shots from the field. DeMarcus Cousins scored 37 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-4+5+8SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS27262326102
SAC2928142394
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 2 games: 35, 30SAS30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 2 games: 26, 16SAS16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 2 games: 24, 37SAC37 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 2 games: 22, 17SAC17 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ CHI

Chicago never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 105–99. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over BOS6LAC over POR8SAS over SAC8ATL over WAS15Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.6points, today vs 2015–16 avg
Points per game
6.42015–16 avg21Today

21 points today in 23 minutes, against 6.4 a game in 2015–16 (51 games).

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
31.82015–16 avg19.4Last 2

19.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.8 in 2015–16 (72 games). Today: 7 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
9.62015–16 avg25.7Today

26 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 2015–16 (59 games). Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 37

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 2 games: 24, 37SAC vs SAS · L
30.5 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 2 games: 35, 30SAS @ SAC · W
32.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 2 games: 39, 29POR vs LAC · L
34.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapATL vs WAS · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinLAC @ POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulLAC @ POR · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST