FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 1, 2018Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CLE by 12 after the first quarter and won 110–91.

Final
OKC111
CHA107
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +4
Final
DEN110
CLE91
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +19
Final
LAC113
PHI122
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +9
Final
SAC146
ATL115
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +31
Final
MIL113
BOS117
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +4
Final
NOP119
POR132
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +13
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 · 2017–18Nov 1, 2017: 12 games. Top scorer: Khris Middleton (MIL @ CHA), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ CLE

Denver climbs out of a 12-point hole against Cleveland

Down 12 after one, the Nuggets won the second quarter 35–15 and the game 110–91. Juancho Hernangomez led Denver with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+8+17+19DEN AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN15353327110
CLE2715242591
Who led
Juancho HernangomezPoints, last 7 games: 5, 2, 8, 5, 2, 0, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 8 games: 11, 14, 5, 15, 6, 18, 19, 16DEN16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 8 games: 15, 19, 19, 14, 18, 12, 15, 17CLE17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Cedi OsmanPoints, last 8 games: 17, 22, 12, 8, 3, 10, 20, 13CLE13 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · OKC @ CHA

OKC handles Charlotte by 4

The Thunder won the fourth quarter 38–30. Final: 111–107. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over CHA4BOS over MIL4PHI over LAC9POR over NOP13DEN over CLE19SAC over ATL31Final margin, points. Pink = OKC over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 7 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.9Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.9 in 8 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg34.5Today

34 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid 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.
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 9 games: 23, 30, 32, 33, 30, 27, 10, 31, 41PHI vs LAC · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Dec 18, 1996: 41 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Season high41 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 7 games: 25, 26, 31, 32, 15, 21, 33MIL @ BOS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 9 games: 21, 18, 22, 6, 21, 18, 20, 14, 31SAC @ ATL · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rajon Rondo BOS, Feb 12, 2012: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 5 games: 32, 13, 23, 32, 29OKC @ CHA · W
25.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 8 games: 25, 13, 18, 14, 12, 24, 11, 29NOP @ POR · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 8 games: 7, 21, 16, 22, 15, 3, 31, 28BOS vs MIL · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST