FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, October 28, 2024Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MEM by 14 at halftime and won 126–123.

Final
IND115
ORL119
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
WAS121
ATL119
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -7; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
Final
MIL108
BOS119
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +11
Final
DET98
MIA106
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +8
Final
CLE110
NYK104
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +6
Final · OT
DEN127
TOR125
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
CHI126
MEM123
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI -14; Q3 CHI -7; Q4 CHI +3
Final
HOU106
SAS101
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +5
Final
UTA102
DAL110
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +8
Final
LAL105
PHX109
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +4
Final
POR98
SAC111
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +13
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 · 2023–24Oct 28, 2023: 7 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (CHI @ DET), 51 points.
The lead · CHI @ MEM

Zach LaVine scores 30, Chicago holds off Memphis

Final: 126–123. Zach LaVine added 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-14-7+3CHI AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI22323933126
MEM32363223123
Who led
Zach LaVinePoints, last 4 games: 27, 25, 22, 30CHI30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 4 games: 21, 22, 18, 22CHI22 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 4 games: 24, 17, 13, 30MEM30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 2 games: 13, 19MEM19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, today vs 2023–24 avg
Points per game
5.92023–24 avg15Today

15 points today in 23 minutes, against 5.9 a game in 2023–24 (63 games).

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 2 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
33.52023–24 avg16.5Last 2

16.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.5 in 2023–24 (75 games). Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
20.22023–24 avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 2023–24 (82 games). Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Sacramento by 13.

WAS over ATL2DEN over TOR2CHI over MEM3ORL over IND4PHX over LAL4HOU over SAS5CLE over NYK6MIA over DET8DAL over UTA8BOS over MIL11SAC over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Paolo Banchero leads the day with 50

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.
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 4 games: 33, 15, 16, 50ORL vs IND · W
28.5 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Oct 28, 2016: 51 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Career high50 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 3 games: 16, 41, 40DEN @ TOR · W
32.3 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Elden Campbell LAL, Feb 23, 1997: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 4 games: 28, 22, 29, 36HOU @ SAS · W
28.8 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Darius GarlandPoints, last 4 games: 7, 13, 23, 34CLE @ NYK · W
19.2 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 4 games: 30, 28, 21, 33MIL @ BOS · L
28.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 4 games: 15, 23, 21, 33PHX vs LAL · W
23.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST