FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 18, 2018Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed MIN by 3 after the first quarter and won 100–87.

Final
MEM100
MIN87
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +13
Final
LAL113
MIA97
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +16
Final
NYK117
ORL131
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +14
Final
POR119
WAS109
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +21; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +10
Final
GSW92
SAS104
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +12
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 18, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ PHI), 35 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIN

Memphis handles Minnesota by 13

The Grizzlies won the second quarter 30–23. Final: 100–87. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 26 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+4+13+13MEM AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM17302825100
MIN2023192587
Who led
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 7, 8, 20, 18, 16, 29, 19, 26MEM26 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 12, 9, 4, 32, 24, 26, 19, 18MEM18 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 50, 3, 21, 31, 21, 23, 17, 18MIN18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 23, 20, 13, 39, 25, 25, 14, 15MIN15 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Second story · POR @ WAS

Portland never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 119–109. Damian Lillard led Portland with 40 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over WAS10SAS over GSW12MEM over MIN13ORL over NYK14LAL over MIA16Final margin, points. Pink = POR over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 13 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg18.2Last 3

18.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 8 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 51

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 28, 18, 24, 25, 26, 44, 22, 51LAL @ MIA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Feb 19, 2012: 51 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Season high51 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 30, 18, 13, 25, 19, 31, 16, 40POR @ WAS · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Mitch Richmond SAC, Dec 30, 1996: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 25, 37, 18, 7, 34, 27, 7, 20, 30, 32NYK @ ORL · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Trey BurkePoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 5, 6, 2, 13, 8, 10, 24, 31NYK @ ORL · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 4, 26, 23, 15, 20, 18, 17, 12, 31ORL vs NYK · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 14, 14, 21, 21, 17, 30, 36, 28ORL vs NYK · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST