FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 3, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 102–99.

Final
SAC94
ORL102
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +8
Final
BOS122
CLE128
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +6
Final
IND107
MIL125
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +18
Final
DEN102
MIN99
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +3
Final
OKC96
GSW122
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +25; Q3 GSW +28; Q4 GSW +26
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 3, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: Evan Fournier (ORL @ NOP), 30 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Denver fights back from 12 down against Minnesota

Final: 102–99, after trailing by 12 after one. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-6+13+3DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN25303314102
MIN3724142499
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 4 games: 15, 17, 16, 19DEN19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 4 games: 12, 11, 9, 19DEN19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 4 games: 21, 15, 11, 32MIN32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 4 games: 25, 29, 17, 25MIN25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ ORL

Sacramento's skid reaches three

Orlando won 102–94; the Kings fall to 2–4. Evan Fournier led Orlando with 29 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

Streak strip · SAC
W@ PHX113–94Lvs SAS94–102Wvs MIN106–103L@ ATL95–106L@ MIA96–108L@ ORL94–102SAC: last 6 games through Nov 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.1points, last 4 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg19.8Last 4

19.8 points a game over his last four games, against 15.7 in 3 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
27.32015–16 avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 2015–16 (69 games). Today: 12 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 39

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 5 games: 27, 30, 37, 20, 39GSW vs OKC · W
30.6 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 6 games: 24, 37, 29, 14, 30, 33SAC @ ORL · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 4 games: 21, 15, 11, 32MIN vs DEN · L
19.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 19, 21, 23, 19, 30CLE vs BOS · W
22.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 5 games: 25, 25, 24, 23, 30BOS @ CLE · L
25.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 5 games: 20, 8, 22, 17, 29ORL vs SAC · W
19.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST