FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 31, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed DET by 6 at halftime and won 120–119.

Final · OT
DET119
BKN120
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN -6; Q3 BKN -6; Q4 BKN 0; OT1 BKN +1
Final · OT
DEN108
CHI107
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +1
Final
UTA125
MIN128
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +3
Final
IND107
NYK101
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -4; Q4 IND +6
Final
NOP121
GSW131
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +10
Final
DAL113
LAL114
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +1
Final
SAS120
PHX90
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +30
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 31, 2017: 4 games. Top scorer: D'Angelo Russell (BKN vs PHX), 33 points.
The lead · DET @ BKN

Brooklyn needs overtime to survive Detroit

Tied 110–110 after regulation. Brooklyn won the final period 10–9 for a 120–119 win. Spencer Dinwiddie led Brooklyn with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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+6-6-60+1BKN AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET223823279119
BKN2826233310120
Who led
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 8 games: 23, 10, 13, 8, 11, 12, 17, 25BKN25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Joe HarrisPoints, last 8 games: 13, 11, 19, 16, 7, 7, 11, 23BKN23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 7 games: 26, 33, 50, 26, 7, 24, 25DET25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 7 games: 24, 10, 14, 26, 18, 17, 24DET24 PTS · 23 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Spurs rout

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Phoenix by 30.

BKN over DET1DEN over CHI1LAL over DAL1MIN over UTA3IND over NYK6GSW over NOP10SAS over PHX30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 7 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg22.4Last 3

22.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 5 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg28.7Today

29 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Derrick Rose 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.
Derrick RosePoints, last 8 games: 8, 12, 28, 11, 16, 14, 11, 50MIN vs UTA · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +35.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Apr 12, 1997: 50 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Career high50 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 9 games: 32, 31, 30, 29, 51, 29, 35, 23, 37GSW vs NOP · W
33.0 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 8 games: 31, 29, 24, 24, 14, 24, 25, 37NYK vs IND · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 7 games: 14, 12, 8, 16, 15, 6, 30IND @ NYK · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 8 games: 26, 24, 32, 19, 28, 35, 29, 29LAL vs DAL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 8 games: 8, 12, 31, 17, 14, 16, 25, 28MIN vs UTA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST