FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 27, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 7 at halftime and won 115–108.

Final
ORL109
IND121
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +12
Final
CLE113
PHI91
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +22
Final
DET118
BOS108
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +10
Final
POR103
NYK91
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +12
Final
BKN103
HOU117
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +14
Final
DAL108
SAS115
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -7; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +7
Final
SAC110
GSW106
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +4
Final
LAL115
LAC120
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +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 27, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE @ PHI), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAS

LaMarcus Aldridge posts 33 and 10 as San Antonio beats Dallas

33 points and 10 rebounds in a 115–108 win.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-2-7+2+7SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL23302233108
SAS21253138115
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 14, 32, 15, 26, 22, 16, 17, 33SAS33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 21, 2, 13, 14, 6, 17, 17, 25SAS25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dennis Smith Jr.Points, last 10 games: 22, 21, 15, 27, 8, 5, 8, 17, 15, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 1, 12, 8, 22, 18, 2, 12, 19DAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAC @ GSW

Sacramento upsets Golden State

Sacramento (5–14) beat Golden State (15–5) 110–106. Willie Cauley-Stein led Sacramento with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over GSW4LAC over LAL5SAS over DAL7DET over BOS10IND over ORL12POR over NYK12HOU over BKN14CLE over PHI22Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg33.3Today

33 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Lou Williams leads the day with 42

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.
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 14, 31, 13, 25, 8, 20, 18, 42LAC vs LAL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 17, 2014: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Season high42 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 56, 35, 38, 26, 38, 48, 29, 21, 37, 37HOU vs BKN · W
31.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 14, 32, 15, 26, 22, 16, 17, 33SAS vs DAL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 26, 29, 22, 21, 30, 34, 29, 32POR @ NYK · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 16, 25, 13, 15, 18, 11, 13, 31DET @ BOS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 19, 23, 31, 39, 18, 33, 27, 30CLE @ PHI · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
James HardenHOU+4.9 36.5 last 10 · 31.6 season
Courtney LeeNYK+2.8 15.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
JR SmithCLE+2.6 10.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Dewayne DedmonATL+2.4 13.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Pau GasolSAS+2.4 14.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
DeMarcus CousinsNOP−3.1 22.4 last 10 · 25.5 season
Evan FournierORL−3.0 14.8 last 10 · 17.8 season
Brook LopezLAL−2.7 11.1 last 10 · 13.8 season
Nikola VucevicORL−2.1 14.4 last 10 · 16.5 season
Thaddeus YoungIND−2.1 10.6 last 10 · 12.7 season