FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 20, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed NOP by 13 after the first quarter and won 128–120.

Final
ATL91
CHA109
Q1 CHA -10; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA +11; Q4 CHA +18
Final
POR114
IND96
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +18
Final
CLE116
MIL97
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +19
Final
BOS102
PHI92
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +10
Final
DET111
WAS115
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +4
Final
ORL121
BKN126
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +5
Final
UTA97
MIN100
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +3
Final
SAC93
DAL88
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +5
Final
GSW128
NOP120
Q1 GSW -13; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +8
Final
LAL132
PHX130
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +7; 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
The lead · GSW @ NOP

Klay Thompson scores 33, Golden State rallies past New Orleans

Golden State trailed by 13 after one and won 128–120. Anthony Davis scored 35 for New Orleans in the loss.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-13-3+8+8GSW AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW26353730128
NOP39252630120
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 2 games: 16, 33GSW33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 22, 28GSW28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 2 games: 33, 35NOP35 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 2 games: 28, 35NOP35 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.4points, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
14.62016–17 avg30.0Last 2

30.0 points a game over his last two games, against 14.6 in 2016–17 (75 games). Today: 41 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
27.02016–17 avg8.9Last 2

8.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.0 in 2016–17 (71 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
18.42016–17 avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 18.4 a game in 2016–17 (62 games). Line: 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 19.

LAL over PHX2MIN over UTA3WAS over DET4BKN over ORL5SAC over DAL5GSW over NOP8BOS over PHI10CHA over ATL18POR over IND18CLE over MIL19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Nikola Vucevic leads the day with 41

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.
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 2 games: 19, 41ORL @ BKN · L
30.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Feb 15, 2011: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Career high41 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 2 games: 33, 35NOP vs GSW · L
34.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 2 games: 28, 35NOP vs GSW · L
31.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 2 games: 37, 34MIL vs CLE · L
35.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 2 games: 16, 33GSW @ NOP · W
24.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Lonzo BallPoints, last 2 games: 3, 29LAL @ PHX · W
16.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST