FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 9, 2017Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed OKC by 6 after the first quarter and won 102–94.

Final
LAL95
WAS111
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +16
Final
NOP118
TOR122
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +4
Final
CLE113
HOU117
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +4
Final
PHI108
SAC109
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +1
Final
OKC94
DEN102
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +8
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 9, 2016: 11 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (CHI @ ATL), 39 points.
The lead · OKC @ DEN

OKC's skid reaches four

Denver won 102–94; the Thunder fall to 4–7. Emmanuel Mudiay led Denver with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-20+8DEN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC2825221994
DEN22292427102
Who led
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 16, 15, 15, 16, 12, 15, 2, 21DEN21 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 17, 8, 16, 13, 8, 20, 27, 6, 17, 17DEN17 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 28, 23, 21, 17, 10, 15, 16, 28OKC28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 6, 31, 28, 27, 12, 12, 19, 25, 20, 13OKC13 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CLE @ HOU

Houston makes it four straight

Houston beat Cleveland 117–113 and moved to 9–3. James Harden led Houston with 35 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
Wvs DAL107–91Lvs MEM90–98W@ PHI105–104W@ CHA109–93L@ MEM89–103Lvs PHI107–115W@ NYK119–97W@ ATL119–104Wvs UTA137–110Wvs CLE117–113HOU: last 10 games through Nov 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
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
28.9Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.9 in 11 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
20.92016–17 avg11.4Last 3

11.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 2016–17 (57 games). Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 35

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: 29, 22, 27, 27, 20, 29, 31, 29, 56, 35HOU vs CLE · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Feb 15, 2018: 36 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
35 PTS · 11 REB · 13 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 20, 29, 11, 14, 6, 10, 10, 34NOP @ TOR · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 29, 18, 16, 33, 57, 26, 30, 33CLE @ HOU · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 24, 24, 25, 10, 37, 26, 24, 33TOR vs NOP · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 28, 23, 21, 17, 10, 15, 16, 28OKC @ DEN · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 18, 7, 6, 15, 7, 9, 4, 27CLE @ HOU · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST