FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 27, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed ATL by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–94.

Final
CLE112
PHI108
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +4
Final
DEN120
PHX114
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +20; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +6
Final
SAC122
BKN105
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +17
Final
LAC70
IND91
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +21
Final
MIL104
ORL96
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +8
Final
NOP81
DAL91
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +10
Final
HOU130
POR114
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +16
Final
ATL94
LAL109
Q1 LAL -11; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +15
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 27, 2015: 12 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs PHI), 50 points.
The lead · ATL @ LAL

Lakers fight back from 11 down against Atlanta

Final: 109–94, after trailing by 11 after one. Lou Williams led Lakers with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+8+7+15LAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL3216291794
LAL21352825109
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 17, 6, 24, 25, 13, 16, 13, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 14, 13, 20, 5, 18, 16, 20, 18LAL18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 12, 12, 19, 12, 1, 8, 3, 21ATL21 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 10, 11, 10, 18, 8, 23, 4, 19ATL19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Indiana by 21.

CLE over PHI4DEN over PHX6MIL over ORL8DAL over NOP10LAL over ATL15HOU over POR16SAC over BKN17IND over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 16 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg38.7Today

39 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving 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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 29, 19, 24, 24, 25, 20, 25, 39CLE @ PHI · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 33, 13, 26, 31, 28, 29, 23, 38HOU @ POR · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 28, 33, 26, 38, 19, 36, 32, 37SAC @ BKN · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 34, 25, 38, 38, 13, 45, 31, 36NOP @ DAL · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 20, 8, 6, 27, 29, 16, 23, 35PHX vs DEN · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 19, 24, 13, 10, 30, 11, 11, 30PHX vs DEN · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST