FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, October 30, 2017Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by MIN (vs MIA) and CHA (vs MEM) and UTA (vs DAL).

Final
SAS94
BOS108
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +14
Final · OT
MIN125
MIA122
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +3
Final
DEN110
NYK116
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
PHI115
HOU107
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +8
Final
CHA104
MEM99
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA -9; Q4 CHA +5
Final
ORL115
NOP99
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +16
Final
DAL89
UTA104
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +15
Final
TOR99
POR85
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +14
Final
GSW141
LAC113
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +28
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 · 2016–17Oct 30, 2016: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW @ PHX), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ MIA

Minnesota flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Miami led 62–60 at the break. Tied 110–110 after regulation, Minnesota won the extra time 15–12. Final: 125–122. Jeff Teague led Minnesota with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-2-30+3MIN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN2337193115125
MIA3230202812122
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 7 games: 11, 10, 19, 2, 18, 17, 23MIN23 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 7 games: 26, 21, 27, 7, 21, 14, 22MIN22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 6 games: 15, 19, 10, 17, 5, 33MIA33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 6 games: 10, 13, 10, 5, 14, 23MIA23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Golden State by 28.

MIN over MIA3CHA over MEM5NYK over DEN6PHI over HOU8BOS over SAS14TOR over POR14UTA over DAL15ORL over NOP16GSW over LAC28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 6 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
27.82016–17 avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 2016–17 (62 games). Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg29.7Today

30 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis 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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 6 games: 33, 35, 27, 2, 30, 39NOP vs ORL · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 6 games: 31, 33, 12, 30, 32, 38NYK vs DEN · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 7 games: 27, 18, 26, 13, 25, 25, 36POR vs TOR · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 6 games: 15, 19, 10, 17, 5, 33MIA vs MIN · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 8 games: 22, 28, 37, 29, 30, 20, 27, 31GSW @ LAC · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 8 games: 27, 27, 29, 22, 27, 27, 20, 29HOU vs PHI · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST