FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, November 4, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed OKC by 7 after the first quarter and won 100–88.

Final · Box score
MIL87
IND81
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +6
Final · Box score
HOU108
MIA91
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +17
Final · Box score
WAS98
NYK83
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +15
Final · Box score
OKC88
TOR100
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +12
Final · Box score
ORL90
CHI98
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +8
Final · Box score
CHA91
NOP100
Q1 NOP +5; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 NOP +8; Q4 NOP +9
Final · Box score
CLE82
POR101
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
PHX112
LAL106
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +6
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 4, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: Andre Iguodala (GSW @ PHI), 32 points.
The lead · OKC @ TOR

Toronto beats OKC, 100–88

Toronto led 73–70 after three and won by 12. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+3+12TOR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3022181888
TOR23282227100
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 4 games: 15, 26, 30, 16TOR16 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Patrick PattersonPoints, last 4 games: 10, 2, 0, 14TOR14 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 5 games: 10, 17, 23, 15, 25OKC25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Lance ThomasPoints, last 5 games: 14, 4, 12, 2, 14OKC14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
13.12013–14 avg22.5Last 2

22.5 points a game over his last two games, against 13.1 in 2013–14 (67 games). Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.1minutes, last 3 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
30.32013–14 avg8.2Last 3

8.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.3 in 2013–14 (78 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg31.7Today

32 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · WAS @ NYK

Washington takes care of New York

A 15-point win, 98–83. Paul Pierce led Washington with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over IND6PHX over LAL6CHI over ORL8NOP over CHA9TOR over OKC12WAS over NYK15HOU over MIA17POR over CLE19Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over NYK.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 5 games: 19, 31, 21, 28, 39LAL vs PHX · L
27.6 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 4 games: 10, 20, 11, 27POR vs CLE · W
17.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 5 games: 13, 22, 14, 11, 26HOU @ MIA · W
17.2 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 4 games: 4, 10, 16, 26PHX @ LAL · W
14.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 5 games: 32, 18, 26, 35, 25HOU @ MIA · W
27.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 5 games: 10, 17, 23, 15, 25OKC @ TOR · L
18.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST