FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 5, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed BOS by 15 after the first quarter and won 115–107.

Final · OT
MIA120
DET115
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +5
Final
HOU98
IND94
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -6; Q4 HOU +4
Final
CLE100
ORL102
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL -9; Q4 ORL +2
Final · 2OT
CHI116
NYK115
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI 0; OT2 CHI +1
Final
NOP116
OKC122
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +6
Final
BOS107
DEN115
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +8
Final
TOR124
UTA111
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +13
Final
MEM101
GSW117
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +16
Final
MIN109
LAC120
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +11
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 5, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs UTA), 56 points.
The lead · BOS @ DEN

Jamal Murray scores 48 as Denver beats Boston

Denver won 115–107. Jamal Murray: 48 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-15-2+7+8DEN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS34222526107
DEN19353427115
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 3, 19, 22, 23, 12, 10, 19, 48DEN48 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 28, 18, 13, 23, 16, 14, 20, 13DEN13 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 16, 22, 15, 3, 31, 28, 18, 31BOS31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 24, 7, 24, 6, 16, 12, 14, 15BOS15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 10 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.7minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
26.52017–18 avg5.8Last 2

5.8 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.5 in 2017–18 (77 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Golden State by 16.

CHI over NYK1ORL over CLE2HOU over IND4MIA over DET5OKC over NOP6DEN over BOS8LAC over MIN11TOR over UTA13GSW over MEM16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 48

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.
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 3, 19, 22, 23, 12, 10, 19, 48DEN vs BOS · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +32.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Martin SAC, Nov 2, 2009: 48 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Career high48 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 32, 20, 27, 21, 28, 20, 21, 41CHI @ NYK · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 2, 2001: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Career high41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 16, 22, 15, 3, 31, 28, 18, 31BOS @ DEN · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 18, 36, 31, 29, 25, 28HOU @ IND · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 20, 21, 24, 21, 24, 25, 24, 28IND vs HOU · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 9 games: 21, 28, 7, 21, 11, 31, 15, 32, 27MIA @ DET · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST