FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, August 2, 2020Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DAL by 13 at halftime and won 117–115.

Final
WAS110
BKN118
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN 0; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +8
Final
POR124
BOS128
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +4
Final
SAS108
MEM106
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +2
Final
SAC116
ORL132
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +24; Q3 ORL +35; Q4 ORL +16
Final
MIL116
HOU120
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DAL115
PHX117
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -13; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Devin Booker scores 30, Phoenix rallies past Dallas

Phoenix trailed by 13 at the half and won 117–115. Luka Doncic scored 40 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-13+4+2PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL35381923115
PHX23373621117
Who led
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 26, 21, 22, 23, 36, 29, 27, 30PHX30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 16, 6, 16, 13, 25, 21, 15, 20PHX20 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 23, 30, 21, 36, 38, 28, 28, 40DAL40 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 24, 38, 34, 26, 9, 9, 39, 30DAL30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 2 vs 2018–19 avg
Points per game
15.62018–19 avg24.0Last 2

24.0 points a game over his last two games, against 15.6 in 2018–19 (72 games). Today: 30 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 16.

SAS over MEM2PHX over DAL2BOS over POR4HOU over MIL4BKN over WAS8ORL over SAC16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 23, 30, 21, 36, 38, 28, 28, 40DAL @ PHX · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Dec 25, 2003: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 19, 32, 41, 13, 29, 32, 36, 36MIL @ HOU · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 18 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 41, 36, 33, 32, 32, 18, 19, 30, 5, 34BOS vs POR · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Caris LeVertPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 15, 51, 14, 27, 23, 22, 17, 34BKN vs WAS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 33, 41, 24, 29, 24, 27, 31, 31HOU vs MIL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 42, 33, 20, 20, 22, 24, 12, 25, 29, 30POR @ BOS · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 16 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Coby WhiteCHI+11.5 24.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Christian WoodDET+11.1 24.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Malik BeasleyMIN+8.5 19.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Caris LeVertBKN+7.4 25.5 last 10 · 18.1 season
Bradley BealWAS+7.0 37.5 last 10 · 30.5 season
Cold
Marcus MorrisLAC−8.5 8.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Markieff MorrisLAL−5.4 4.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kemba WalkerBOS−4.6 16.4 last 10 · 21.0 season
Glenn Robinson IIIPHI−4.5 7.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Alec BurksPHI−4.4 10.6 last 10 · 15.0 season