FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 5, 2017Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 13 at halftime and won 108–101.

Final
ATL117
CLE115
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +2
Final
MIA104
LAC101
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +3
Final
BOS104
ORL88
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +16
Final
WAS107
TOR96
Q1 WAS +15; Q2 WAS +16; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +11
Final
UTA110
HOU137
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +30; Q4 HOU +27
Final
PHX95
SAS112
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +17
Final
IND101
NYK108
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -13; Q3 NYK -12; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CHA94
MIN112
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +18
Final
OKC99
POR103
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +4
Final
MEM102
LAL107
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +5
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 5, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN @ OKC), 33 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

Kristaps Porzingis scores 40 as New York beats Indiana

New York won 108–101. Kristaps Porzingis: 40 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-8-13-12+7NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND33292217101
NYK25242336108
Who led
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 9 games: 31, 33, 12, 30, 32, 38, 19, 37, 40NYK40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 9 games: 8, 14, 6, 11, 34, 13, 23, 21, 16NYK16 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 14, 9, 14, 12, 15, 26, 15, 18IND18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 28, 28, 35, 23, 14, 23, 31, 17IND17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 9 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
21.32016–17 avg5.3Last 2

5.3 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.3 in 2016–17 (64 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Utah by 27.

ATL over CLE2MIA over LAC3POR over OKC4LAL over MEM5NYK over IND7WAS over TOR11BOS over ORL16SAS over PHX17MIN over CHA18HOU over UTA27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 56

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 22, 27, 27, 20, 29, 31, 29, 56HOU vs UTA · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +29.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Jan 3, 2022: 56 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Career high56 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 9 games: 31, 33, 12, 30, 32, 38, 19, 37, 40NYK vs IND · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Nov 15, 2009: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Career high40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 9 games: 25, 25, 20, 28, 4, 15, 40, 36, 38WAS @ TOR · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 26, 13, 25, 25, 36, 33, 32, 36POR vs OKC · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 8 games: 28, 25, 17, 20, 21, 25, 16, 28ATL @ CLE · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 9 games: 28, 22, 14, 10, 23, 20, 20, 25, 27OKC @ POR · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST