FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 31, 2023Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed PHX by 18 at halftime and won 115–114.

Final
NYK109
CLE91
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +18
Final
SAS115
PHX114
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -18; Q3 SAS -13; Q4 SAS +1
Final
ORL102
LAC118
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +16
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 31, 2022: 7 games. Top scorer: Ja Morant (MEM @ UTA), 37 points.
The lead · SAS @ PHX

San Antonio erases 18-point lead, steals one from Phoenix

Phoenix led 63–45 at halftime. San Antonio won the second half 70–51 to take it 115–114. Keldon Johnson led San Antonio with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-18-13+1SAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS18273733115
PHX27363219114
Who led
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 4 games: 17, 20, 5, 27SAS27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 4 games: 23, 25, 14, 18SAS18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 4 games: 18, 39, 26, 26PHX26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 15, 21, 20PHX20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · ORL @ LAC

Clippers beat Orlando, 118–102

Clippers led 88–71 after three and won by 16. Paul George led Clippers with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over PHX1LAC over ORL16NYK over CLE18Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.7points, last 3 vs 2022–23 avg
Points per game
28.32022–23 avg32.0Last 3

32.0 points a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 2022–23 (68 games). Today: 26 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 2 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
19.22022–23 avg4.5Last 2

4.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 19.2 in 2022–23 (27 games). Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Paul George leads the day with 27

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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 4 games: 27, 36, 19, 27LAC vs ORL · W
27.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Keldon JohnsonPoints, last 4 games: 17, 20, 5, 27SAS @ PHX · W
17.2 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 4 games: 18, 39, 26, 26PHX vs SAS · L
27.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 3 games: 27, 43, 26CLE vs NYK · L
32.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 15, 21, 20PHX vs SAS · L
16.5 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 4 games: 14, 17, 10, 19NYK @ CLE · W
15.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST