FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 20, 2021Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed IND by 16 at halftime and won 123–122.

Final
IND122
CHA123
Q1 CHA -11; Q2 CHA -16; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +1
Final
CHI94
DET88
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +6
Final · 2OT
BOS134
NYK138
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +4
Final
WAS98
TOR83
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +15
Final
CLE121
MEM132
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +11
Final
HOU106
MIN124
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +27; Q3 MIN +28; Q4 MIN +18
Final
PHI117
NOP97
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +20
Final
ORL97
SAS123
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +26
Final
OKC86
UTA107
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DEN110
PHX98
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +12
Final
SAC124
POR121
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +3
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 · IND @ CHA

LaMelo Ball drops 31 in 16-point comeback win over Indiana

Indiana led by 16 at the half. Final: 123–122.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-11-16+4+1CHA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND38371334122
CHA27323331123
Who led
LaMelo BallCHA31 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Gordon HaywardCHA27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Domantas SabonisIND33 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Malcolm BrogdonIND28 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+21.3points, today vs 2020–21 avg
Points per game
24.72020–21 avg46Today

46 points today in 46 minutes, against 24.7 a game in 2020–21 (58 games).

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
18.92020–21 avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 2020–21 (53 games). Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−13.6points, today vs 2020–21 avg
Points per game
25.62020–21 avg12Today

12 points today in 30 minutes, against 25.6 a game in 2020–21 (67 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Orlando by 26.

CHA over IND1SAC over POR3NYK over BOS4CHI over DET6MEM over CLE11DEN over PHX12WAS over TOR15MIN over HOU18PHI over NOP20UTA over OKC21SAS over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jaylen Brown leads the day with 46

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.
Jaylen BrownBOS @ NYK · L
46.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 20, 2002: 46 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Career high46 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Ja MorantMEM vs CLE · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Harrison BarnesSAC @ POR · W
36.0 PPG season to date
Career high36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Julius RandleNYK vs BOS · W
35.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
CJ McCollumPOR vs SAC · L
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVineCHI @ DET · W
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST