FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 17, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 17 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
DET100
IND107
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -11; Q3 IND -10; Q4 IND +7
Final
MIA91
WAS88
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
UTA107
BKN118
Q1 BKN +14; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +11
Final · OT
LAC113
CLE118
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
NYK84
TOR107
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +23
Final
CHA120
CHI123
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI -9; Q4 CHI +3
Final
OKC101
SAS104
Q1 SAS -17; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +3
Final
MIN111
DAL87
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -12; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +24
Final
POR82
SAC86
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +4
Final
NOP114
DEN146
Q1 DEN +18; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +32
Final
PHX122
LAL113
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +9
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 17, 2016: 5 games. Top scorer: Andrew Wiggins (MIN vs PHI), 35 points.
The lead · OKC @ SAS

San Antonio storms back from 17 down to beat OKC

The Spurs trailed by 17 after one and won 104–101. LaMarcus Aldridge led San Antonio with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-17-70+3SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC32232323101
SAS15333026104
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 14, 21, 25, 20, 14, 32, 15, 26SAS26 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 8, 4, 14, 24, 5, 4, 11, 17SAS17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 17, 10, 15, 16, 28, 14, 18, 20OKC20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 25, 27, 12, 13, 42, 37, 13, 18OKC18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat New Orleans by 32.

MIA over WAS3CHI over CHA3SAS over OKC3SAC over POR4CLE over LAC5IND over DET7PHX over LAL9BKN over UTA11TOR over NYK23MIN over DAL24DEN over NOP32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
26.72016–17 avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 2016–17 (69 games). Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 47

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 27, 26, 13, 9, 21, 20, 20, 47CHA @ CHI · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +25.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 17, 2018: 47 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Season high47 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 57, 26, 30, 33, 19, 23, 31, 39CLE vs LAC · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 9, 18, 30, 9, 35, 36, 18, 33PHX @ LAL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 24, 3, 9, 4, 9, 32, 18, 31DEN vs NOP · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 21, 13, 10, 13, 21, 11, 24, 30LAL vs PHX · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 33, 32, 36, 12, 19, 15, 26, 29POR @ SAC · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST