FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 3, 2023Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed NYK by 4 after the first quarter and won 110–105.

Final
CLE116
IND121
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +5
Final
NYK105
MIL110
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +5
Final
BKN109
CHI107
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN -2; Q4 BKN +2
Final
WAS114
MIA121
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +20; Q4 MIA +7
Final
GSW141
OKC139
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +2
Final
DAL114
DEN125
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +15; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT
MEM113
POR115
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +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 · 2022–23Nov 3, 2022: 2 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ ORL), 39 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIL

Damian Lillard scores 30 in Milwaukee win over New York

Final: 110–105. Damian Lillard added 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Jalen Brunson scored 45 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+10+6+5MIL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK25213029105
MIL21352628110
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 39, 6, 25, 15, 30MIL30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 5 games: 23, 26, 33, 16, 22MIL22 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 6 games: 15, 31, 14, 19, 24, 45NYK45 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Quentin GrimesPoints, last 6 games: 11, 6, 5, 5, 5, 17NYK17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 11.

BKN over CHI2GSW over OKC2POR over MEM2IND over CLE5MIL over NYK5MIA over WAS7DEN over DAL11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.6Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 5 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 4 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 26.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 45

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.
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 6 games: 15, 31, 14, 19, 24, 45NYK @ MIL · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 9, 1995: 45 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Season high45 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 5 games: 27, 43, 26, 30, 38CLE @ IND · L
32.8 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 5 games: 33, 49, 35, 18, 34DAL @ DEN · L
33.8 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 6 games: 29, 22, 28, 27, 25, 33DEN vs DAL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 6 games: 31, 15, 26, 30, 21, 33MEM @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 6 games: 27, 41, 24, 42, 21, 30GSW @ OKC · W
30.8 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST