FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 8, 2019Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHI by 19 after three quarters and won 100–97.

Final
DET106
IND112
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +6
Final
MEM86
ORL118
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +32
Final
CLE113
WAS100
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +13
Final
SAC121
ATL109
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +12
Final · OT
GSW119
MIN125
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +6
Final
TOR122
NOP104
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +22; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +18
Final
NYK106
DAL102
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +4
Final
PHI97
DEN100
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -15; Q3 DEN -19; Q4 DEN +3
Final
MIL100
UTA103
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +3
Final
BKN119
POR115
Q1 BKN +6; Q2 BKN +5; Q3 BKN +3; Q4 BKN +4
Final
MIA80
LAL95
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +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 · 2018–19Nov 8, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (BOS @ PHX), 39 points.
The lead · PHI @ DEN

Denver storms back from 19 down to beat Philadelphia

The Nuggets trailed by 19 after three and won 100–97. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-6-15-19+3DEN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2433271397
DEN18242335100
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 8 games: 20, 23, 9, 10, 13, 20, 9, 26DEN26 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 8 games: 14, 27, 18, 16, 14, 22, 21, 22DEN22 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 5 games: 15, 36, 19, 27, 19PHI19 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 8 games: 15, 29, 13, 18, 23, 24, 16, 13PHI13 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Memphis by 32, the widest margin of 11 games.

DEN over PHI3UTA over MIL3NYK over DAL4BKN over POR4IND over DET6MIN over GSW6SAC over ATL12CLE over WAS13LAL over MIA15TOR over NOP18ORL over MEM32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 52 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs 2018–19 avg
Minutes per game
27.62018–19 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 2018–19 (53 games). Today: 9 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 60

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 9 games: 32, 35, 28, 28, 23, 33, 39, 22, 60POR vs BKN · L
33.3 PPG season to date · +30.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 12, 2005: 60 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Career high60 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 6 games: 20, 6, 24, 15, 30, 52GSW @ MIN · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +33.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dirk Nowitzki DAL, Mar 23, 2006: 51 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Career high52 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 8 games: 34, 33, 19, 24, 30, 16, 23, 44TOR @ NOP · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anthony Davis LAL, Dec 2, 2022: 44 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Ties career high44 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 8 games: 21, 16, 25, 19, 21, 25, 30, 40MIN vs GSW · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jamal Crawford NYK, Jan 25, 2005: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 8 games: 34, 25, 29, 12, 31, 29, 27, 38DAL vs NYK · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Jun 4, 1997: 38 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Career high38 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 8 games: 14, 20, 16, 20, 5, 16, 7, 34BKN @ POR · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST