FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 2, 2016Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed ATL by 9 after the first quarter and won 123–116.

Final
PHI93
CHA109
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +16
Final
TOR113
WAS103
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +10
Final
LAL123
ATL116
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +7
Final
DET101
BKN109
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +8
Final
HOU118
NYK99
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +19
Final
CHI100
BOS107
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +7
Final · OT
NOP83
MEM89
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +6
Final
DAL81
UTA97
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +16
Final · OT
POR115
PHX118
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +3
Final
OKC85
LAC83
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +2
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 · 2015–16Nov 2, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs OKC), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ ATL

Lakers rally from 9 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 9 after one, Lakers outscored the Hawks 95–79 the rest of the way. Final: 123–116. D'Angelo Russell led Lakers with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-9-4+7LAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL28233933123
ATL37233422116
Who led
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 5 games: 20, 9, 20, 11, 23LAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 5 games: 12, 17, 7, 19, 18LAL18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 4 games: 11, 2, 18, 31ATL31 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 4 games: 21, 7, 5, 26ATL26 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Houston by 19.

OKC over LAC2PHX over POR3MEM over NOP6LAL over ATL7BOS over CHI7BKN over DET8TOR over WAS10CHA over PHI16UTA over DAL16HOU over NYK19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg15.5Last 4

15.5 points a game over his last four games, against 10.3 in 3 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
20.32015–16 avg7.9Last 2

7.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.3 in 2015–16 (66 games). Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg44.9Today

45 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan 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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 4 games: 40, 32, 33, 40TOR @ WAS · W
36.2 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Mar 1, 1997: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 4 games: 32, 51, 33, 35OKC @ LAC · W
37.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 4 games: 7, 25, 13, 34BKN vs DET · W
19.8 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 3 games: 12, 22, 33WAS vs TOR · L
22.3 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 4 games: 11, 2, 18, 31ATL vs LAL · L
15.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 5 games: 34, 26, 28, 41, 30HOU @ NYK · W
31.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST