FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 27, 2023Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed HOU by 7 after three quarters and won 126–122.

Final
DET111
CHA99
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +12
Final
DEN108
MEM104
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +4
Final
NYK126
ATL120
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MIA111
BOS119
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +8
Final
OKC108
CLE105
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +3
Final · OT
TOR103
CHI104
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +1
Final · OT
HOU122
SAS126
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS -7; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +4
Final
BKN120
DAL125
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
LAC118
UTA120
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +2
Final
ORL102
POR97
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +5
Final
GSW122
SAC114
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +8
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 · 2022–23Oct 27, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (DAL @ BKN), 41 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAS

San Antonio needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 111–111 after regulation. San Antonio won the final period 15–11 for a 126–122 win. Devin Vassell led San Antonio with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+20-70+4SAS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2329312811122
SAS2527243515126
Who led
Devin VassellPoints, last 2 games: 23, 25SAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 2 games: 15, 21SAS21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 2 games: 14, 25HOU25 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 2 games: 14, 24HOU24 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+22.4points, last 2 vs 2022–23 avg
Points per game
10.62022–23 avg33.0Last 2

33.0 points a game over his last two games, against 10.6 in 2022–23 (57 games). Today: 30 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.4minutes, last 2 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
30.42022–23 avg11.0Last 2

11.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.4 in 2022–23 (78 games). Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
22.22022–23 avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 22.2 a game in 2022–23 (80 games). Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 12.

CHI over TOR1UTA over LAC2OKC over CLE3DEN over MEM4SAS over HOU4DAL over BKN5ORL over POR5NYK over ATL6BOS over MIA8GSW over SAC8DET over CHA12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 49

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 2 games: 33, 49DAL vs BKN · W
41.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Apr 14, 2005: 48 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
49 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 2 games: 27, 43CLE vs OKC · L
35.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Feb 18, 2004: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
43 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 27, 41GSW @ SAC · W
34.0 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Mar 2, 2001: 41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
41 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 2 games: 18, 39SAC vs GSW · L
28.5 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 2 games: 27, 36LAC @ UTA · L
31.5 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 2 games: 19, 35UTA vs LAC · W
27.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST