FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 5, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed WAS by 10 at halftime and won 88–86.

Final
MIN92
OKC112
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +20
Final
DEN86
DET103
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +17
Final
CHI94
IND111
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +17
Final
WAS86
ORL88
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -10; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +2
Final
CLE102
PHI101
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +1
Final
HOU97
ATL112
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +15
Final
SAC91
MIL117
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +27; Q4 MIL +26
Final
LAC116
SAS92
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +24
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 5, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ CHI), 33 points.
The lead · WAS @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of a 10-point hole against Washington

Down 10 at the half, the Magic won the fourth quarter 27–16 and the game 88–86. Jeff Green led Orlando with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-4-10-9+2ORL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2426201686
ORL2020212788
Who led
Jeff GreenPoints, last 6 games: 7, 10, 10, 2, 15, 18ORL18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Evan FournierPoints, last 6 games: 20, 8, 22, 17, 29, 13ORL13 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 5 games: 22, 11, 6, 18, 18WAS18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 5 games: 13, 14, 15, 28, 15WAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
20.72015–16 avg5.4Last 2

5.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.7 in 2015–16 (73 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg32.4Today

32 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−9.3points, today vs 2015–16 avg
Points per game
12.32015–16 avg3Today

3 points today in 16 minutes, against 12.3 a game in 2015–16 (76 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Sacramento by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

CLE over PHI1ORL over WAS2ATL over HOU15DET over DEN17IND over CHI17OKC over MIN20LAC over SAS24MIL over SAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 33

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 5 games: 21, 15, 11, 32, 33MIN @ OKC · L
22.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 34, 26, 28, 41, 30, 30HOU @ ATL · L
31.5 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 6 games: 32, 51, 33, 35, 20, 28OKC vs MIN · W
33.2 PPG season to date · −6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 6 games: 27, 18, 21, 14, 14, 28LAC @ SAS · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 19, 21, 23, 19, 30, 25CLE @ PHI · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 6 games: 28, 17, 13, 10, 16, 23ATL vs HOU · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST