FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, November 19, 2023Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 8 after the first quarter and won 105–104.

Final
PHI121
BKN99
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +22
Final
DET113
TOR142
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +24; Q3 TOR +32; Q4 TOR +29
Final
ORL128
IND116
Q1 ORL +21; Q2 ORL +34; Q3 ORL +29; Q4 ORL +12
Final
DEN109
CLE121
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +12
Final
SAC129
DAL113
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +16
Final
BOS102
MEM100
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +2
Final · 2OT
PHX140
UTA137
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX 0; OT2 PHX +3
Final
OKC134
POR91
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +33; Q3 OKC +35; Q4 OKC +43
Final
HOU104
LAL105
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +1
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 19, 2022: 5 games. Top scorer: Trae Young (ATL vs TOR), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAL

LeBron James scores 37, Lakers rally past Houston

Lakers trailed by 8 after one and won 105–104.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-6+6+1LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU28272029104
LAL20293224105
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 24, 30, 18, 32, 16, 28, 35, 37LAL37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 28, 9, 18, 30, 19, 9, 16, 27LAL27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 20, 26, 9, 5, 10, 10, 4, 24HOU24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 19, 15, 17, 19, 24, 23, 23, 23HOU23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Portland by 43.

LAL over HOU1BOS over MEM2PHX over UTA3ORL over IND12CLE over DEN12SAC over DAL16PHI over BKN22TOR over DET29OKC over POR43Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.3Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.3 in 12 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 39

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 31, 41, 25, 38, 28, 31, 38, 39PHX @ UTA · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 22, 22, 29, 24, 26, 21, 21, 38UTA vs PHX · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 24, 30, 18, 32, 16, 28, 35, 37LAL vs HOU · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 48, 27, 33, 37, 39, 20, 32, 32PHI @ BKN · W
31.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Domantas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 11, 8, 27, 17, 23, 29, 27, 32SAC @ DAL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 7 games: 18, 39, 37, 28, 28, 43, 30SAC @ DAL · W
31.9 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST