FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, October 22, 2022Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DET by 10 after the first quarter and won 124–115.

Final
SAS114
PHI105
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DET115
IND124
Q1 IND -10; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +9
Final
BOS126
ORL120
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CLE128
CHI96
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +32
Final
TOR109
MIA112
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +3
Final
HOU105
MIL125
Q1 MIL +18; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +20
Final
MEM96
DAL137
Q1 DAL +22; Q2 DAL +28; Q3 DAL +28; Q4 DAL +41
Final
OKC117
DEN122
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +5
Final
LAC111
SAC109
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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
On this day · 2021–22Oct 22, 2021: 10 games. Top scorer: Myles Turner (IND @ WAS), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ IND

Indiana rallies from 10 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 10 after one, Indiana outscored the Pistons 99–80 the rest of the way. Final: 124–115. Bennedict Mathurin led Indiana with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-10-4+9+9IND AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET35212336115
IND25273636124
Who led
Bennedict MathurinPoints, last 3 games: 19, 26, 27IND27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 3 games: 26, 27, 24IND24 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 3 games: 18, 15, 22DET22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 3 games: 8, 26, 20DET20 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Points per game
23.22021–22 avg34.5Last 2

34.5 points a game over his last two games, against 23.2 in 2021–22 (59 games). Today: 36 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 2 vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
28.62021–22 avg10.5Last 2

10.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.6 in 2021–22 (81 games). Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.0minutes, today vs 2021–22 avg
Minutes per game
10.02021–22 avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 2021–22 (24 games). Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Memphis by 41, the widest margin of 9 games.

LAC over SAC2MIA over TOR3DEN over OKC5BOS over ORL6SAS over PHI9IND over DET9MIL over HOU20CLE over CHI32DAL over MEM41Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 44

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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 2 games: 21, 44MIL vs HOU · W
32.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Luis Scola HOU, Mar 13, 2010: 44 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
44 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 3 games: 26, 15, 40PHI vs SAS · L
27.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Alonzo Mourning MIA, Mar 12, 1996: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 2 games: 15, 40LAC @ SAC · W
27.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 3, 1996: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 3 games: 35, 29, 40BOS @ ORL · W
34.7 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Nov 15, 2009: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 2 games: 33, 36SAC vs LAC · L
34.5 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 2 games: 31, 32CLE @ CHI · W
31.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST