FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 6, 2019Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by DAL (vs ORL) and UTA (vs PHI).

Final
NYK102
DET122
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +20
Final
WAS106
IND121
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +15
Final
CHI113
ATL93
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +20
Final
GSW112
HOU129
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +17
Final
SAC120
TOR124
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +4
Final
MIN121
MEM137
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +16
Final
ORL106
DAL107
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +1
Final
PHI104
UTA106
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +2
Final
MIL129
LAC124
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +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 · 2018–19Nov 6, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (POR vs MIL), 40 points.
The lead · ORL @ DAL

Dallas holds off Orlando, 107–106

Dallas led 86–79 after three and held on to win by one. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-3-2+7+1DAL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL28282327106
DAL25293221107
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 7 games: 34, 25, 29, 12, 31, 29, 27DAL27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Maxi KleberPoints, last 6 games: 0, 8, 14, 14, 8, 14DAL14 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 8 games: 9, 10, 2, 15, 11, 21, 15, 23ORL23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 8 games: 21, 16, 5, 21, 14, 24, 10, 19ORL19 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
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: Detroit by 20.

DAL over ORL1UTA over PHI2TOR over SAC4MIL over LAC5IND over WAS15MEM over MIN16HOU over GSW17DET over NYK20CHI over ATL20Final 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
+7.1points, last 2 vs 2018–19 avg
Points per game
6.42018–19 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 points a game over his last two games, against 6.4 in 2018–19 (53 games). Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 38

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 8 games: 30, 29, 14, 22, 29, 36, 34, 38MIL @ LAC · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
James HardenPoints, last 8 games: 19, 29, 40, 59, 36, 29, 44, 36HOU vs GSW · W
36.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 8 games: 17, 18, 28, 19, 10, 24, 19, 34LAC vs MIL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 8 games: 21, 22, 23, 23, 24, 12, 17, 34LAC vs MIL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 7 games: 7, 6, 21, 8, 16, 17, 31MEM vs MIN · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 7 games: 19, 17, 25, 46, 30, 22, 30WAS @ IND · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST