FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 17, 2016Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 6 after the first quarter and won 96–73.

Final
NYK112
WAS119
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +7
Final
MIL73
MIA96
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +23
Final
POR109
HOU126
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +17
Final
PHI86
MIN110
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +28; Q3 MIN +27; Q4 MIN +24
Final
CHI85
UTA77
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +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 17, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs TOR), 37 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Miami upsets Milwaukee

Miami (2–8) beat Milwaukee (5–5) 96–73. Dion Waiters led Miami with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-60+5+23MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2721141173
MIA2127192996
Who led
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 20, 4, 2, 16, 4, 27, 11, 23MIA23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 7 games: 0, 7, 16, 12, 8, 19, 18MIA18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 24, 27, 17, 11, 17, 27, 26, 14MIL14 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tony SnellPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 13, 14, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14MIL14 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHI @ UTA

Chicago keeps rolling, beats Utah

That is four in a row. Final: 85–77. Jimmy Butler led Chicago with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
W@ BKN118–88L@ BOS100–107Lvs NYK104–117L@ IND94–111Wvs ORL112–80L@ ATL107–115W@ MIA98–95Wvs WAS106–95W@ POR113–88W@ UTA85–77CHI: last 10 games through Nov 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.6Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.6 in 10 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg9.4Last 3

9.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 7 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Wiggins leads the day with 35

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.
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 25, 7, 36, 29, 22, 47, 29, 35MIN vs PHI · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 15, 18, 14, 11, 21, 3, 15, 27NYK @ WAS · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 41, 30, 30, 32, 24, 25, 33, 13, 26HOU vs POR · W
28.5 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jason Kidd PHX, Mar 14, 1999: 26 PTS · 11 REB · 14 AST
26 PTS · 12 REB · 14 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 9, 37, 33, 8, 31, 21, 17, 26POR @ HOU · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 32, 33, 21, 20, 24, 22, 21, 25MIN vs PHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 9 games: 12, 22, 33, 21, 21, 19, 28, 27, 23WAS vs NYK · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST