FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 14, 2017Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed HOU by 2 after the first quarter and won 129–113.

Final
BOS109
BKN102
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +7
Final
TOR129
HOU113
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +16
Final
SAS97
DAL91
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +6
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 14, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Isaiah Thomas (BOS @ NOP), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ HOU

Toronto handles Houston by 16

The Raptors won the second quarter 45–31. Final: 129–113. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. James Harden scored 38 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+12+9+16TOR AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR31452726129
HOU33313019113
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 25, 10, 37, 26, 24, 33, 24, 27TOR27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 19, 9, 15, 2, 17, 18, 19, 19TOR19 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 29, 31, 29, 56, 35, 38, 26, 38HOU38 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 7, 16, 12, 14, 17, 9, 15, 20HOU20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio leads Dallas wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 97–91. Best quarter: the fourth, 35–31. LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DAL6BOS over BKN7TOR over HOU16Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.2Season avg38.6Last 5

38.6 points a game over his last five games, against 30.2 in 14 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 13 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg29.6Today

30 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 38

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, 20, 29, 31, 29, 56, 35, 38, 26, 38HOU vs TOR · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 11, 24, 14, 21, 25, 20, 14, 32SAS @ DAL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 25, 10, 37, 26, 24, 33, 24, 27TOR @ HOU · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 9, 12, 2, 18, 16, 18, 22, 21, 15, 27DAL vs SAS · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 24, 22, 25, 11, 35, 19, 0, 25BOS @ BKN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 6 games: 9, 12, 18, 14, 8, 21BOS @ BKN · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST