FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, October 28, 2019Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed CHI by 18 after the first quarter and won 105–98.

Final
IND94
DET96
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +2
Final
CHI98
NYK105
Q1 NYK -18; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK +7
Final
PHI105
ATL103
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +2
Final
ORL95
TOR104
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +9
Final
OKC112
HOU116
Q1 HOU -13; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +4
Final
CLE112
MIL129
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +17
Final
GSW134
NOP123
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +24; Q4 GSW +11
Final
POR110
SAS113
Q1 SAS -14; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +3
Final
UTA96
PHX95
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +1
Final
DEN101
SAC94
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
Final
CHA96
LAC111
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +15
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 · 2018–19Oct 28, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ BKN), 35 points.
The lead · CHI @ NYK

New York storms back from 18 down to beat Chicago

The Knicks trailed by 18 after one and won 105–98. Bobby Portis led New York with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-18-10-8+7NYK AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI3319281898
NYK15273033105
Who led
Bobby PortisPoints, last 4 games: 8, 2, 8, 28NYK28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 4 games: 21, 16, 26, 19NYK19 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 4 games: 16, 37, 11, 21CHI21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Wendell Carter Jr.Points, last 4 games: 12, 7, 12, 20CHI20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 17.

UTA over PHX1DET over IND2PHI over ATL2SAS over POR3HOU over OKC4NYK over CHI7DEN over SAC7TOR over ORL9GSW over NOP11LAC over CHA15MIL over CLE17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.9points, last 3 vs 2018–19 avg
Points per game
19.12018–19 avg34.0Last 3

34.0 points a game over his last three games, against 19.1 in 2018–19 (81 games). Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs 2018–19 avg
Minutes per game
26.72018–19 avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 2018–19 (76 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 40

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.
James HardenPoints, last 3 games: 19, 29, 40HOU vs OKC · W
29.3 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Mike Bibby SAC, Feb 4, 2005: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 2 games: 15, 36PHI @ ATL · W
25.5 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 4 games: 30, 21, 27, 30LAC vs CHA · W
27.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 3 games: 16, 26, 29UTA @ PHX · W
23.7 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 4 games: 32, 35, 28, 28POR @ SAS · L
30.8 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 4 games: 8, 2, 8, 28NYK vs CHI · W
11.5 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST