FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 15, 2018Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
GSW86
HOU107
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +21
Final
ATL93
DEN138
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +36; Q4 DEN +45
Final
SAS111
LAC116
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +5
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 15, 2017: 11 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI @ LAL), 46 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAC

Clippers beat San Antonio, 116–111

Clippers led 91–84 after three and won by 5. Lou Williams led Clippers with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+1+7+5LAC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS28322427111
LAC29323025116
Who led
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 17, 26, 28, 20, 20, 12, 25, 23LAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 27, 25, 13, 22, 20, 13, 14, 19LAC19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 25, 26, 25, 18, 13, 23, 24, 34SAS34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 16, 11, 16, 15, 12, 6, 14, 19SAS19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ HOU

Houston leads Golden State wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 107–86. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–23. James Harden led Houston with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over SAS5HOU over GSW21DEN over ATL45Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over GSW.
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
9.5Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 12 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg27.5Today

28 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 34

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 25, 26, 25, 18, 13, 23, 24, 34SAS @ LAC · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 29, 25, 28, 19, 25, 40, 22, 27HOU vs GSW · W
27.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Juancho HernangomezPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 23, 8, 8, 7, 2, 8, 6, 25DEN vs ATL · W
7.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 17, 26, 28, 20, 20, 12, 25, 23LAC vs SAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 24, 33, 22, 17, 28, 33, 29, 20GSW @ HOU · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 16, 11, 16, 15, 12, 6, 14, 19SAS @ LAC · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST