FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 26, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed BKN by 9 at halftime and won 117–115.

Final
CHI106
CHA135
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +27; Q4 CHA +29
Final
GSW128
NYK100
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +28
Final
DAL107
TOR116
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +9
Final
LAC133
HOU113
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +20
Final
MIL125
MIN95
Q1 MIL +11; Q2 MIL +25; Q3 MIL +30; Q4 MIL +30
Final
BKN115
NOP117
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP -9; Q3 NOP -3; Q4 NOP +2
Final
WAS112
SAC116
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC -6; Q4 SAC +4
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 26, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (NOP @ SAC), 41 points.
The lead · BKN @ NOP

New Orleans fights back from 9 down against Brooklyn

Final: 117–115, after trailing by 9 at the half. Jrue Holiday led New Orleans with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-9-3+2NOP AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN30362524115
NOP32253129117
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 4 games: 10, 15, 8, 26NOP26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 4 games: 32, 25, 34, 18NOP18 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 5 games: 8, 15, 12, 18, 24BKN24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 5 games: 27, 28, 19, 10, 21BKN21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 4 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.2minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
28.42017–18 avg2.2Last 2

2.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.4 in 2017–18 (30 games). Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Milwaukee posts the night's biggest win

Milwaukee beat Minnesota by 30, the widest margin of 7 games.

NOP over BKN2SAC over WAS4TOR over DAL9LAC over HOU20GSW over NYK28CHA over CHI29MIL over MIN30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 27, 38, 20, 22, 30, 41GSW @ NYK · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Nov 2, 1999: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Season high41 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 6 games: 41, 26, 39, 26, 23, 30CHA vs CHI · W
30.8 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 5 games: 6, 3, 17, 12, 30LAC @ HOU · W
13.6 PPG season to date
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 6 games: 32, 31, 30, 29, 51, 29GSW @ NYK · W
33.7 PPG season to date · −5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Nemanja BjelicaPoints, last 6 games: 18, 4, 12, 10, 11, 26SAC vs WAS · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 5 games: 26, 25, 16, 13, 26WAS @ SAC · L
21.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST