FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 23, 2018Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed PHI by 7 after three quarters and won 133–132.

Final · OT
PHI132
DET133
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +1
Final
LAC109
NOP116
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP -3; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +7
Final
SAC112
DEN126
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +14
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 23, 2017: 8 games. Top scorer: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL vs CHA), 32 points.
The lead · PHI @ DET

Blake Griffin scores 50 as Detroit beats Philadelphia

Detroit won 133–132. Blake Griffin: 50 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-3-70+1DET AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI2836302612132
DET2734263313133
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 3 games: 26, 33, 50DET50 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 3 games: 19, 18, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 4 games: 23, 30, 32, 33PHI33 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 4 games: 16, 10, 31, 30PHI30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · LAC @ NOP

New Orleans makes it three straight

New Orleans beat Clippers 116–109 and moved to 3–0. Anthony Davis led New Orleans with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · NOP
W@ HOU131–112Wvs SAC149–129Wvs LAC116–109NOP: last 3 games through Oct 23, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.9points, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
21.42017–18 avg36.3Last 3

36.3 points a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 2017–18 (58 games). Today: 50 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
20.72017–18 avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 2017–18 (60 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg32.0Today

32 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 50

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 3 games: 26, 33, 50DET vs PHI · W
36.3 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL, Nov 25, 2019: 50 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Career high50 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 3 games: 32, 25, 34NOP vs LAC · W
30.3 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 4 games: 23, 30, 32, 33PHI @ DET · L
29.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 4 games: 16, 10, 31, 30PHI @ DET · L
21.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 4 games: 19, 26, 23, 26LAC @ NOP · L
23.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 4 games: 16, 26, 20, 24LAC @ NOP · L
21.5 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST