FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 2, 2023Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed UTA by 4 after the first quarter and won 115–113.

Final
TOR99
PHI114
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +15
Final
DET116
NOP125
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP +23; Q3 NOP +11; Q4 NOP +9
Final
ORL115
UTA113
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +2
Final
SAS132
PHX121
Q1 SAS +19; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +11
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 2, 2022: 11 games. Top scorer: Dejounte Murray (ATL @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · ORL @ UTA

Paolo Banchero scores 30, Orlando holds off Utah

Final: 115–113. Paolo Banchero added 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+8+4+2ORL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL30362425115
UTA34242827113
Who led
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 5 games: 12, 14, 9, 15, 30ORL30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Franz WagnerPoints, last 5 games: 19, 23, 16, 14, 21ORL21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 6 games: 19, 35, 19, 27, 19, 22UTA22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 6 games: 24, 13, 7, 4, 20, 21UTA21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ NOP

New Orleans leads Detroit wire to wire

New Orleans was ahead at every break and won 125–116. Best quarter: the second, 37–20. CJ McCollum led New Orleans with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over UTA2NOP over DET9SAS over PHX11PHI over TOR15Final margin, points. Pink = NOP over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 4 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs 2022–23 avg
Minutes per game
28.02022–23 avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 2022–23 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Victor Wembanyama 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.
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 5 games: 15, 21, 11, 18, 38SAS @ PHX · W
20.6 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 5 games: 24, 12, 19, 29, 33NOP vs DET · W
23.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 2 games: 32, 31PHX vs SAS · L
31.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 5 games: 12, 14, 9, 15, 30ORL @ UTA · W
16.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 4 games: 24, 34, 35, 28PHI vs TOR · W
30.2 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 5 games: 18, 39, 26, 26, 28PHX vs SAS · L
27.4 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST