FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 19, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed UTA by 12 at halftime and won 124–123.

Final
CHA120
ORL88
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +28; Q4 CHA +32
Final
NYK105
BKN107
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +7; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +2
Final
ATL117
MEM131
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +14
Final
CLE123
MIN131
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +8
Final
SAC129
NOP149
Q1 NOP +8; Q2 NOP +9; Q3 NOP +20; Q4 NOP +20
Final
BOS101
TOR113
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +12
Final
IND101
MIL118
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +17
Final
OKC92
LAC108
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +16
Final
GSW124
UTA123
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -12; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +1
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 19, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: Kristaps Porzingis (NYK @ OKC), 31 points.
The lead · GSW @ UTA

Kevin Durant scores 38, Golden State rallies past Utah

Golden State trailed by 12 at the half and won 124–123.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-12-6+1GSW AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW32372827124
UTA34472220123
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 2 games: 27, 38GSW38 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 32, 31GSW31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 2 games: 22, 27UTA27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 2 games: 24, 19UTA19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.4points, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
15.62017–18 avg33.0Last 2

33.0 points a game over his last two games, against 15.6 in 2017–18 (55 games). Today: 36 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
28.72017–18 avg11.7Last 2

11.7 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.7 in 2017–18 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
11.02017–18 avg35.1Today

35 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 2017–18 (61 games). Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Charlotte posts the night's biggest win

Charlotte beat Orlando by 32, the widest margin of 9 games.

GSW over UTA1BKN over NYK2MIN over CLE8TOR over BOS12MEM over ATL14LAC over OKC16MIL over IND17NOP over SAC20CHA over ORL32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 2 games: 27, 38GSW @ UTA · W
32.5 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Nikola MiroticPoints, last 2 games: 30, 36NOP vs SAC · W
33.0 PPG season to date
Career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 2 games: 23, 33MIN vs CLE · W
28.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 2 games: 24, 31TOR vs BOS · W
27.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 32, 31GSW @ UTA · W
31.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 2 games: 12, 30MEM vs ATL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST