FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, October 21, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CLE by 10 after the first quarter and won 133–111.

Final
ATL133
CLE111
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +22
Final
SAC131
OKC120
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +11
Final
GSW98
DEN100
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +2
Final
HOU112
LAC115
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +3
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 21, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs POR), 44 points.
The lead · ATL @ CLE

Trae Young scores 35 as Atlanta wins in Cleveland

Final: 133–111. Trae Young made 13 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+4+6+22ATL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL24402841133
CLE34262625111
Who led
Trae YoungPoints, last 3 games: 14, 20, 35ATL35 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Kent BazemorePoints, last 3 games: 14, 3, 23ATL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 3 games: 15, 19, 19CLE19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 3 games: 21, 25, 16CLE16 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
3.92017–18 avg17.0Last 3

17.0 points a game over his last three games, against 3.9 in 2017–18 (61 games). Today: 12 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
20.72017–18 avg5.1Last 2

5.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 20.7 in 2017–18 (60 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
4.22017–18 avg23.8Today

24 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 2017–18 (25 games). Line: 3 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · GSW @ DEN

Denver climbs out of an 8-point hole against Golden State

Down 8 after one, the Nuggets won the third quarter 33–21 and the game 100–98. Gary Harris led Denver with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs GSW
Gary Harris · DENStephen Curry · GSWPTS2830REB34AST16Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Trae Young leads the day with 35

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.
Trae YoungPoints, last 3 games: 14, 20, 35ATL @ CLE · W
23.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookOKC vs SAC · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 3 games: 18, 36, 31HOU @ LAC · L
28.3 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 3 games: 32, 31, 30GSW @ DEN · L
31.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 3 games: 27, 20, 29OKC vs SAC · L
25.3 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 3 games: 20, 18, 28DEN vs GSW · W
22.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST