FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 3, 2018Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–101.

Final
DET99
PHI109
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +10
Final
CLE94
CHA126
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +20; Q4 CHA +32
Final
BOS101
IND102
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +1
Final
MIA118
ATL123
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +5
Final
HOU96
CHI88
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +8
Final
NOP95
SAS109
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +14
Final
UTA88
DEN103
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +15
Final
LAL114
POR110
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +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 · 2017–18Nov 3, 2017: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ WAS), 57 points.
The lead · BOS @ IND

Indiana climbs back to beat Boston

Boston led by 10 after one. Indiana won it 102–101. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1000+1IND AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS28172729101
IND18272730102
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 25, 20, 21, 24, 21, 24, 25, 24IND24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 9 games: 14, 10, 15, 2, 19, 7, 5, 13, 17IND17 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 9 games: 16, 8, 16, 7, 21, 18, 15, 17, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 9 games: 7, 21, 16, 22, 15, 3, 31, 28, 18BOS18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · UTA @ DEN

Utah's skid reaches three

Denver won 103–88; the Jazz fall to 4–5. Gary Harris led Denver with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · UTA
W@ SAC123–117Lvs GSW123–124Lvs MEM84–92W@ HOU100–89W@ NOP132–111W@ DAL113–104L@ MIN125–128Lvs MEM100–110L@ DEN88–103UTA: last 9 games through Nov 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 8 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 6 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg37.7Today

38 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 39

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 10 games: 23, 30, 32, 33, 30, 27, 10, 31, 41, 39PHI vs DET · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 8 games: 26, 33, 50, 26, 7, 24, 25, 38DET @ PHI · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 8 games: 21, 28, 7, 21, 11, 31, 15, 32MIA @ ATL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 9 games: 21, 24, 13, 22, 19, 17, 19, 8, 30POR vs LAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 9 games: 28, 29, 29, 41, 42, 16, 22, 26, 30POR vs LAL · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 9 games: 10, 15, 8, 26, 18, 16, 28, 17, 29NOP @ SAS · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST