FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 1, 2023Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed OKC by 19 after the first quarter and won 110–106.

Final
POR110
DET101
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +9
Final
MIL111
TOR130
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +22; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +19
Final
WAS121
ATL130
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +9
Final
IND104
BOS155
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +21; Q3 BOS +38; Q4 BOS +51
Final
BKN109
MIA105
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -10; Q3 BKN -8; Q4 BKN +4
Final
CLE95
NYK89
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +6
Final
NOP110
OKC106
Q1 NOP -19; Q2 NOP -8; Q3 NOP +1; Q4 NOP +4
Final
CHA119
HOU128
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +9
Final
DEN89
MIN110
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +21
Final
CHI105
DAL114
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MEM109
UTA133
Q1 UTA +23; Q2 UTA +33; Q3 UTA +25; Q4 UTA +24
Final
SAC101
GSW102
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +1
Final · OT
LAC125
LAL130
Q1 LAL -13; Q2 LAL -13; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +5
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 · 2022–23Nov 1, 2022: 4 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC vs ORL), 34 points.
The lead · NOP @ OKC

New Orleans storms back from 19 down to beat OKC

The Pelicans trailed by 19 after one and won 110–106. CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOP 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 Q3Final0-19-8+1+4NOP AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP14293532110
OKC33182629106
Who led
CJ McCollumPoints, last 4 games: 24, 12, 19, 29NOP29 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 4 games: 23, 24, 19, 20NOP20 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 5 games: 31, 34, 7, 32, 20OKC20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 5 games: 11, 16, 19, 14, 19OKC19 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 3 vs 2022–23 avg
Points per game
11.72022–23 avg16.7Last 3

16.7 points a game over his last three games, against 11.7 in 2022–23 (56 games). Today: 17 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
24.42022–23 avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 2022–23 (77 games). Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Indiana by 51.

GSW over SAC1BKN over MIA4NOP over OKC4LAL over LAC5CLE over NYK6POR over DET9ATL over WAS9HOU over CHA9DAL over CHI9TOR over MIL19MIN over DEN21UTA over MEM24BOS over IND51Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 38

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 5 games: 23, 25, 21, 8, 38LAC @ LAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 5 games: 21, 21, 27, 19, 35LAL vs LAC · W
24.6 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 36, 19, 27, 35LAC @ LAL · L
28.8 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 4 games: 34, 22, 33, 30BOS vs IND · W
29.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 4 games: 27, 43, 26, 30CLE @ NYK · W
31.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 5 games: 30, 12, 25, 17, 30DET vs POR · L
22.8 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST