FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 18, 2018Regular season · 3 games
← Oct 17CalendarOct 19 →

3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed WAS by 4 after three quarters and won 113–112.

Final
CHI108
PHI127
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +19
Final
MIA113
WAS112
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +1
Final
LAL119
POR128
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +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 · 2017–18Oct 18, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · MIA @ WAS

Miami takes over late to edge Washington

Down 4 after three, Miami won the fourth 28–23. Final: 113–112. Josh Richardson led Miami with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-1-4+1MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA24342728113
WAS25343023112
Who led
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 2 games: 21, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Rodney McGruderPoints, last 2 games: 8, 20MIA20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
John WallWAS26 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealWAS20 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.6points, today vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
4.42017–18 avg24Today

24 points today in 27 minutes, against 4.4 a game in 2017–18 (41 games).

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
22.52017–18 avg13.7Last 2

13.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.5 in 2017–18 (76 games). Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
12.72017–18 avg28.2Today

28 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 2017–18 (24 games). Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · CHI @ PHI

Philadelphia gets past Chicago

127–108, with Philadelphia ahead 65–58 at halftime. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over WAS1POR over LAL9PHI over CHI19Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over CHI.
Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 30

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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 2 games: 23, 30PHI vs CHI · W
26.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Zach LaVineCHI @ PHI · L
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPOR vs LAL · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 2 games: 21, 28MIA @ WAS · W
24.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesLAL @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
John WallWAS vs MIA · L
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST