FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 4, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed CHI by 7 after three quarters and won 96–90.

Final
MEM113
LAC104
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +9
Final
SAC99
DET108
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +9
Final · OT
NOP96
CHI90
Q1 NOP -2; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP 0; OT1 NOP +6
Final
DAL99
MIN112
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +24; Q4 MIN +13
Final
GSW127
DEN108
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +27; Q4 GSW +19
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 · 2016–17Nov 4, 2016: 9 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ DAL), 42 points.
The lead · NOP @ CHI

New Orleans outlasts Chicago in overtime

83–83 at the end of regulation. New Orleans took the last extra period 13–7. Final: 96–90. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-20-70+6NOP AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOP172119261396
CHI19192619790
Who led
Anthony DavisPoints, last 9 games: 33, 35, 27, 2, 30, 39, 24, 30, 27NOP27 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 22, 39, 41, 29, 12, 35, 20, 25NOP25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Justin HolidayPoints, last 8 games: 15, 15, 25, 13, 11, 9, 19, 18CHI18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Denzel ValentinePoints, last 8 games: 12, 4, 13, 11, 8, 7, 11, 16CHI16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.6Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
20.42016–17 avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 2016–17 (79 games). Today: 6 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg25.6Today

26 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MEM @ LAC

Memphis controls Clippers start to finish

Memphis won 113–104, leading by as many as 9 at a break. Mike Conley led Memphis with 22 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over CHI6MEM over LAC9DET over SAC9MIN over DAL13GSW over DEN19Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over LAC.
Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 31

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 9 games: 18, 20, 27, 28, 23, 33, 20, 2, 31MIN vs DAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 8 games: 29, 29, 22, 25, 19, 16, 20, 30LAC vs MEM · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 9 games: 33, 35, 27, 2, 30, 39, 24, 30, 27NOP @ CHI · W
27.4 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 22, 39, 41, 29, 12, 35, 20, 25NOP @ CHI · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 29, 25, 29, 31, 28, 19, 24, 25GSW @ DEN · W
25.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 5, 15, 20, 12, 23, 8, 23, 24DET vs SAC · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST