FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 9, 2019Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed CHI by 7 after the first quarter and won 117–94.

Final
BOS135
SAS115
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +20
Final
NOP115
CHA110
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP -6; Q3 NOP -5; Q4 NOP +5
Final
HOU117
CHI94
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +23
Final
DAL138
MEM122
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +16
Final
GSW108
OKC114
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +6
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 9, 2018: 7 games. Top scorer: Joel Embiid (PHI vs CHA), 42 points.
The lead · HOU @ CHI

James Harden scores 42 as Houston wins in Chicago

Final: 117–94. James Harden made 12 of 27 shots from the field.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+1+19+23HOU AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU20303631117
CHI2722182794
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 9 games: 19, 29, 40, 59, 36, 29, 44, 36, 42HOU42 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 8 games: 24, 28, 21, 17, 27, 10, 18, 26HOU26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Wendell Carter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 12, 7, 12, 20, 15, 16, 20, 11, 2, 13CHI13 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 5, 15, 14, 8, 12, 8, 3, 13CHI13 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NOP @ CHA

New Orleans tops Charlotte in Charlotte

Final: 115–110. Brandon Ingram led New Orleans with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over CHA5OKC over GSW6DAL over MEM16BOS over SAS20HOU over CHI23Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.5Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 24.5 in 6 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg26.0Last 3

26.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 7 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.7Season avg20Today

20 minutes today, against 4.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 42

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 9 games: 19, 29, 40, 59, 36, 29, 44, 36, 42HOU @ CHI · W
37.1 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Jan 4, 2007: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
42 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
D'Angelo RussellPoints, last 7 games: 20, 6, 24, 15, 30, 52, 30GSW @ OKC · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 5 games: 8, 25, 19, 12, 30BOS @ SAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 8 games: 12, 22, 32, 32, 33, 25, 14, 26BOS @ SAS · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 8 games: 24, 28, 21, 17, 27, 10, 18, 26HOU @ CHI · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramPoints, last 9 games: 22, 25, 35, 27, 25, 7, 40, 27, 25NOP @ CHA · W
25.9 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST