FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 1, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed LAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 127–104.

Final · Box score
MEM71
CHA69
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +2
Final · Box score
DAL109
NOP104
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
TOR108
ORL95
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +13
Final · Box score
MIA114
PHI96
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +18
Final · Box score
MIL97
WAS108
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +11
Final · Box score
IND92
ATL102
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +10
Final · Box score
BKN102
DET90
Q1 BKN +8; Q2 BKN +12; Q3 BKN +6; Q4 BKN +12
Final · Box score
BOS90
HOU104
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +19; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +14
Final · Box score
CHI106
MIN105
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +1
Final · Box score
DEN91
OKC102
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +22; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +11
Final · Box score
PHX91
UTA118
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +27
Final · Box score
LAL104
GSW127
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +23
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 · 2013–14Nov 1, 2013: 13 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU vs DAL), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ GSW

Klay Thompson scores 41 as Golden State beats Lakers

Golden State won 127–104. Klay Thompson: 41 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+6+7+23GSW AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL35203118104
GSW29323234127
Who led
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 2 games: 19, 41GSW41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 24, 31GSW31 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 4 games: 19, 31, 21, 28LAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 4 games: 7, 6, 23, 23LAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.8points, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
3.52013–14 avg18.3Last 3

18.3 points a game over his last three games, against 3.5 in 2013–14 (62 games). Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.5minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
29.02013–14 avg5.5Last 2

5.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.0 in 2013–14 (54 games). Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
8.22013–14 avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 8.2 a game in 2013–14 (48 games). Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Phoenix by 27, the widest margin of 12 games.

CHI over MIN1MEM over CHA2DAL over NOP5ATL over IND10WAS over MIL11OKC over DEN11BKN over DET12TOR over ORL13HOU over BOS14MIA over PHI18GSW over LAL23UTA over PHX27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Klay Thompson leads the day with 41

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.
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 2 games: 19, 41GSW vs LAL · W
30.0 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Dwyane Wade MIA, May 1, 2009: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Career high41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 2 games: 19, 34BKN @ DET · W
26.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 2 games: 12, 33MIN vs CHI · L
22.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Derrick FavorsPoints, last 3 games: 16, 17, 32UTA vs PHX · W
21.7 PPG season to date
Career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 2 games: 26, 31NOP vs DAL · L
28.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 2 games: 24, 31GSW vs LAL · W
27.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST