FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 9, 2018Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MIA by 8 at halftime and won 110–102.

Final
WAS108
ORL117
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +9
Final · OT
CHA132
PHI133
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +1
Final
DET124
ATL109
Q1 DET +20; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +15
Final
IND110
MIA102
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +8
Final
BKN112
DEN110
Q1 BKN +10; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +2
Final
BOS115
UTA123
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MIN110
SAC121
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +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 9, 2017: 5 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs CLE), 35 points.
The lead · IND @ MIA

Indiana rallies from 8 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 8 at the half, Indiana outscored the Heat 59–43 the rest of the way. Final: 110–102. Victor Oladipo led Indiana with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 10 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-8+4+8IND AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND24273326110
MIA26332122102
Who led
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 24, 21, 24, 25, 24, 28, 36, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 15, 6, 30, 9, 12, 17, 16, 17IND17 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kelly OlynykPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 11, 19, 3, 14, 0, 13, 1, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Josh RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 21, 11, 31, 15, 32, 27, 14, 18MIA18 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 11 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
31.72017–18 avg13.5Last 3

13.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 2017–18 (74 games). Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.0Season avg22.6Today

23 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIN @ SAC

Sacramento handles Minnesota by 11

The Kings won the second quarter 34–30. Final: 121–110. Willie Cauley-Stein led Sacramento with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over CHA1BKN over DEN2IND over MIA8UTA over BOS8ORL over WAS9SAC over MIN11DET over ATL15Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over MIN.
Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 42

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: 33, 30, 27, 10, 31, 41, 39, 16, 20, 42PHI vs CHA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Victor Wembanyama SAS, Dec 25, 2024: 42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Season high42 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 16, 25, 28, 13, 23, 20, 13, 39MIN @ SAC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 24, 12, 22, 4, 7, 8, 4, 37DEN vs BKN · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 21 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 23, 30, 37, 19, 21, 18, 29, 30CHA @ PHI · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 7, 12, 13, 19, 4, 9, 6, 27UTA vs BOS · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 23, 21, 20, 17, 27, 22, 19, 27WAS @ ORL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST