FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 19, 2022Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DAL by 17 at halftime and won 107–105.

Final
ORL109
DET113
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +4
Final
WAS114
IND107
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +7
Final
HOU107
ATL117
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +10
Final
NOP130
BKN108
Q1 NOP +18; Q2 NOP +8; Q3 NOP +20; Q4 NOP +22
Final · OT
NYK112
MEM115
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final
CHI116
MIA108
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +8
Final
CLE105
TOR108
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -8; Q4 TOR +3
Final
OKC108
MIN115
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +7
Final
CHA129
SAS102
Q1 CHA +16; Q2 CHA +21; Q3 CHA +23; Q4 CHA +27
Final
DEN102
UTA123
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +22; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +21
Final
DAL105
PHX107
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -17; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +2
Final
POR115
SAC108
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +7
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 · 2021–22Oct 19, 2021: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (LAL vs GSW), 34 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Phoenix erases 17-point lead, steals one from Dallas

Dallas led 62–45 at halftime. Phoenix won the second half 62–43 to take it 107–105. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists. Luka Doncic scored 35 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 comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-17-5+2PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32301924105
PHX24213131107
Who led
Devin BookerPHX28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Deandre AytonPHX18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Luka DoncicDAL35 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Christian WoodDAL25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.0points, today vs 2021–22 avg
Points per game
3.02021–22 avg19Today

19 points today in 21 minutes, against 3.0 a game in 2021–22 (50 games).

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
11.22021–22 avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 2021–22 (32 games). Line: 18 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−17.7points, today vs 2021–22 avg
Points per game
21.72021–22 avg4Today

4 points today in 13 minutes, against 21.7 a game in 2021–22 (68 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Hornets rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat San Antonio by 27.

PHX over DAL2MEM over NYK3TOR over CLE3DET over ORL4WAS over IND7MIN over OKC7POR over SAC7CHI over MIA8ATL over HOU10UTA over DEN21NOP over BKN22CHA over SAS27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 37

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.
DeMar DeRozanCHI @ MIA · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicDAL @ PHX · L
35.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Ja MorantMEM vs NYK · W
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
De'Aaron FoxSAC vs POR · L
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ MIN · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantBKN vs NOP · L
32.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST