FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 9, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 4 after the first quarter and won 108–104.

Final · Box score
ORL84
IND97
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +13
Final · Box score
CHI111
PHI88
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +23
Final · Box score
MIN117
ATL107
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +30; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +10
Final · Box score
POR104
DEN108
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +4
Final · Box score
SAS106
SAC88
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +18
Final · Box score
DET95
GSW109
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +14
Final · Box score
MEM92
LAC94
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +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 · 2014–15Nov 9, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Luol Deng (MIA @ DAL), 30 points.
The lead · POR @ DEN

Denver tops Portland in Denver

Final: 108–104. JJ Hickson led Denver with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1-1+4DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR33252224104
DEN29282229108
Who led
JJ HicksonPoints, last 5 games: 1, 17, 8, 5, 19DEN19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 7 games: 17, 15, 6, 12, 8, 13, 18DEN18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 8 games: 21, 24, 23, 34, 35, 27, 26, 30POR30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 8 games: 37, 16, 15, 18, 27, 20, 18, 16POR16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MEM @ LAC

Clippers hold off Memphis, 94–92

Clippers led 70–66 after three and held on to win by two. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over MEM2DEN over POR4MIN over ATL10IND over ORL13GSW over DET14SAS over SAC18CHI over PHI23Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs 2014–15 avg
Minutes per game
24.92014–15 avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 2014–15 (75 games). Today: 14 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 29.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Wiggins leads the day with 33

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.
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 6 games: 9, 18, 16, 12, 31, 33MIN @ ATL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 8 games: 21, 24, 23, 34, 35, 27, 26, 30POR @ DEN · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 8 games: 17, 18, 16, 16, 26, 36, 32, 27IND vs ORL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 8 games: 12, 11, 15, 4, 20, 16, 10, 26MEM @ LAC · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 7 games: 33, 26, 37, 22, 23, 35, 24LAC vs MEM · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 9 games: 18, 23, 14, 18, 26, 16, 19, 10, 24ATL vs MIN · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST