FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 25, 2018Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed OKC by 16 at halftime and won 101–95.

Final
CLE103
DET110
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +7
Final
POR128
ORL114
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +14
Final
BOS101
OKC95
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -16; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +6
Final
DEN114
LAL121
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +7
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 25, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Victor Oladipo (IND @ OKC), 35 points.
The lead · BOS @ OKC

Boston erases 16-point lead, steals one from OKC

OKC led 50–34 at halftime. Boston won the second half 67–45 to take it 101–95. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-16+1+6BOS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS16184027101
OKC2228232295
Who led
Jayson TatumPoints, last 5 games: 23, 16, 24, 7, 24BOS24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 5 games: 16, 8, 16, 7, 21BOS21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 4 games: 27, 20, 29, 22OKC22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 2 games: 32, 13OKC13 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Second story · DEN @ LAL

Lakers handle Denver by 7

The Lakers won the second quarter 36–31. Final: 121–114. LeBron James led Lakers with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over OKC6DET over CLE7LAL over DEN7POR over ORL14Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
22.32017–18 avg3.5Last 3

3.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 2017–18 (74 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg22.2Today

22 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Rebounding up
+3.4rebounds, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Rebounds per game
10.12017–18 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 rebounds a game over his last two games, against 10.1 in 2017–18 (80 games). Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Top performances

Damian Lillard 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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 4 games: 28, 29, 29, 41POR @ ORL · W
31.8 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Mar 3, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
41 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 26, 24, 32, 19, 28LAL vs DEN · W
25.8 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell NYK, Feb 28, 2003: 28 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
28 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 4 games: 24, 10, 14, 26DET vs CLE · W
18.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 22 REB · 0 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 4 games: 26, 33, 50, 26DET vs CLE · W
33.8 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 5 games: 21, 35, 23, 14, 24DEN @ LAL · L
23.4 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 5 games: 12, 12, 27, 24, 24ORL vs POR · L
19.8 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST