FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 17, 2018Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed MIA by 6 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
MIL113
CHA112
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +10; Q4 MIL +1
Final
BKN100
DET103
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +3
Final
MEM83
IND111
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +28
Final
MIA101
ORL104
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +3
Final
ATL107
NYK126
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +23; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +19
Final
CLE104
TOR116
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +12
Final
NOP131
HOU112
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +17; Q3 NOP +17; Q4 NOP +19
Final
MIN108
SAS112
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +4
Final
UTA123
SAC117
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +6
Final
DEN107
LAC98
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +9
Final
DAL100
PHX121
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +21
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 · 2017–18Oct 17, 2017: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs BOS), 29 points.
The lead · MIA @ ORL

Orlando holds off Miami, 104–101

Orlando led 79–78 after three and held on to win by three. Aaron Gordon led Orlando with 26 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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+3+1+3ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA31202723101
ORL25292525104
Who led
Aaron GordonORL26 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Evan FournierORL13 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Goran DragicMIA26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Josh RichardsonMIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+18.9points, today vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
22.12017–18 avg41Today

41 points today in 39 minutes, against 22.1 a game in 2017–18 (80 games).

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
11.02017–18 avg33.1Today

33 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 2017–18 (61 games). Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−13.3points, today vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
21.32017–18 avg8Today

8 points today in 22 minutes, against 21.3 a game in 2017–18 (82 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Pacers rout

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Memphis by 28.

MIL over CHA1DET over BKN3ORL over MIA3SAS over MIN4UTA over SAC6DEN over LAC9TOR over CLE12NYK over ATL19NOP over HOU19PHX over DAL21IND over MEM28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 41

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 WalkerCHA vs MIL · L
41.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen MIL, Jun 1, 2001: 41 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPHX vs DAL · W
35.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisNOP @ HOU · W
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK vs ATL · W
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Nikola MiroticNOP @ HOU · W
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanSAS vs MIN · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST