FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 22, 2016Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 110–107.

Final
NOP112
ATL94
Q1 NOP +20; Q2 NOP +22; Q3 NOP +24; Q4 NOP +18
Final
POR103
NYK107
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +4
Final
CHI107
DEN110
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +3
Final
OKC109
LAL111
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +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 22, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs PHX), 32 points.
The lead · CHI @ DEN

Denver climbs out of a 12-point hole against Chicago

Down 12 after one, the Nuggets won the second quarter 41–29 and the game 110–107. Jamal Murray led Denver with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. Jimmy Butler scored 35 for Chicago in the loss.

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 Q3Final0-120+3+3DEN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI31292819107
DEN19413119110
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 10, 14, 7, 19, 9, 5, 18, 24DEN24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 21, 22, 6, 18, 28, 25, 17, 16DEN16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 39, 20, 37, 27, 20, 22, 40, 35CHI35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 4, 16, 25, 13, 14, 19, 18, 28, 22CHI22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · POR @ NYK

New York handles Portland by 4

The Knicks won the second quarter 32–25. Final: 107–103. Kristaps Porzingis led New York with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over OKC2DEN over CHI3NYK over POR4NOP over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.8Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg25.1Last 3

25.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 4 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg33.4Today

33 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jimmy Butler 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.
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 39, 20, 37, 27, 20, 22, 40, 35CHI @ DEN · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 36, 29, 41, 33, 30, 30, 31, 34OKC @ LAL · L
31.8 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 21, 14, 21, 24, 35, 16, 19, 31NYK vs POR · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 10, 14, 7, 19, 9, 5, 18, 24DEN vs CHI · W
9.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 38, 8, 36, 32, 19, 18, 27, 18, 22POR @ NYK · L
27.6 PPG season to date · −6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 4, 16, 25, 13, 14, 19, 18, 28, 22CHI @ DEN · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST