FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 28, 2021Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed GSW by 17 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
DET102
PHI110
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +8
Final
ATL111
WAS122
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +11
Final
NYK104
CHI103
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +1
Final
UTA122
HOU91
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +21; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +31
Final
SAS99
DAL104
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +5
Final · OT
MEM104
GSW101
Q1 MEM -17; Q2 MEM -10; Q3 MEM -6; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +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 · MEM @ GSW

Ja Morant drops 30 in 17-point comeback win over Golden State

Golden State led by 17 after one. Final: 104–101. Stephen Curry scored 36 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-17-10-60+3MEM AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM202528256104
GSW371824193101
Who led
Ja MorantPoints, last 5 games: 37, 28, 40, 17, 30MEM30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 5 games: 22, 19, 17, 19, 19MEM19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 5 games: 21, 45, 27, 23, 36GSW36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 5 games: 12, 17, 17, 21, 16GSW16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

Dallas turns it around against San Antonio

From 10 down after one to a 5-point win: 104–99. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs SAS
Luka Doncic · DALDejounte Murray · SASPTS2523REB310AST58Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
26.02020–21 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 2020–21 (20 games). Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−6.6points, last 3 vs 2020–21 avg
Points per game
22.32020–21 avg15.7Last 3

15.7 points a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 2020–21 (54 games). Today: 14 points in 36 minutes.

Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 36

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 5 games: 21, 45, 27, 23, 36GSW vs MEM · L
30.4 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 5 games: 22, 19, 22, 14, 30PHI vs DET · W
21.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 5 games: 37, 28, 40, 17, 30MEM @ GSW · W
30.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
John CollinsPoints, last 5 games: 16, 6, 22, 16, 28ATL @ WAS · L
17.6 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 4 games: 23, 19, 17, 27WAS vs ATL · W
21.5 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Montrezl HarrellPoints, last 5 games: 22, 14, 10, 25, 25WAS vs ATL · W
19.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST