FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, October 21, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NYK by 13 at halftime and won 111–107.

Final
PHI94
TOR128
Q1 TOR +17; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +31; Q4 TOR +34
Final
SAS87
CHI77
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +10
Final
ORL114
CLE93
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +21
Final
DAL91
HOU107
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +23; Q3 HOU +34; Q4 HOU +16
Final
GSW101
MEM111
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +10
Final
IND108
MIA112
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +4
Final
DET111
NYK107
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -13; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +4
Final
POR110
MIL113
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +3
Final
SAC79
DEN96
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +17
Final
OKC87
UTA96
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +9
Final
PHX88
LAC130
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +26; Q4 LAC +42
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 · DET @ NYK

Tobias Harris scores 31 as Detroit wins in New York

Final: 111–107. Tobias Harris made 13 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-9-13-1+4DET AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET19322832111
NYK28361627107
Who led
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 3 games: 27, 15, 31DET31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 3 games: 8, 9, 21DET21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 2 games: 31, 33NYK33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 2 games: 10, 17NYK17 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.4points, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
22.92016–17 avg38.3Last 3

38.3 points a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 2016–17 (80 games). Today: 44 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
25.92016–17 avg10.1Last 2

10.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.9 in 2016–17 (61 games). Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
8.52016–17 avg26.4Today

26 minutes today, against 8.5 a game in 2016–17 (38 games). Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Phoenix by 42.

MIL over POR3MIA over IND4DET over NYK4UTA over OKC9SAS over CHI10MEM over GSW10HOU over DAL16DEN over SAC17ORL over CLE21TOR over PHI34LAC over PHX42Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 44

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 3 games: 37, 34, 44MIL vs POR · W
38.3 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Tyrese Maxey PHI, Oct 28, 2022: 44 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Career high44 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 3 games: 22, 28, 37GSW @ MEM · L
29.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 2 games: 14, 34MEM vs GSW · W
24.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 2 games: 31, 33NYK vs DET · L
32.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 3 games: 27, 15, 31DET @ NYK · W
24.3 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 2 games: 11, 30TOR vs PHI · W
20.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST