FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 8, 2016Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAL by 2 after the first quarter and won 109–97.

Final
ATL110
CLE106
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +4
Final
MIN110
BKN119
Q1 BKN 0; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +9
Final
DEN107
MEM108
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +1
Final
PHX121
POR124
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +3
Final
DAL109
LAL97
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +12
Final
NOP94
SAC102
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +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 · 2015–16Nov 8, 2015: 5 games. Top scorer: Reggie Jackson (DET @ POR), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Dallas beats Lakers, 109–97

Dallas led 83–77 after three and won by 12. Harrison Barnes led Dallas with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+4+6+12DAL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL25332526109
LAL2727232097
Who led
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 7 games: 19, 31, 10, 14, 17, 34, 31DAL31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 7 games: 7, 8, 0, 6, 8, 7, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 8 games: 25, 4, 12, 15, 18, 9, 18, 22LAL22 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 8 games: 8, 13, 16, 8, 17, 12, 22, 20LAL20 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
28.12015–16 avg9.1Last 3

9.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 2015–16 (72 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.4Season avg23.0Today

23 minutes today, against 7.4 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−9.2points, last 2 vs 2015–16 avg
Points per game
13.72015–16 avg4.5Last 2

4.5 points a game over his last two games, against 13.7 in 2015–16 (61 games). Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Second story · DEN @ MEM

Memphis holds off Denver, 108–107

Memphis led 79–76 after three and held on to win by one. Vince Carter led Memphis with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over DEN1POR over PHX3ATL over CLE4SAC over NOP8BKN over MIN9DAL over LAL12Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over DEN.
Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 38

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 8 games: 39, 29, 37, 31, 27, 42, 19, 38POR vs PHX · W
32.8 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 6 games: 25, 29, 17, 25, 7, 36MIN @ BKN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 8 games: 50, 45, 18, 35, 10, 22, 33, 34NOP @ SAC · L
30.9 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 8 games: 25, 16, 23, 16, 24, 9, 37, 33POR vs PHX · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 8 games: 16, 17, 21, 12, 20, 17, 19, 31PHX @ POR · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 7 games: 19, 31, 10, 14, 17, 34, 31DAL @ LAL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST