FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 20, 2015Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DEN by 14 at halftime and won 114–107.

Final · Box score
PHI88
CHA113
Q1 CHA +11; Q2 CHA +21; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +25
Final · Box score
BKN95
BOS120
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +24; Q3 BOS +24; Q4 BOS +25
Final · Box score
HOU84
MEM96
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +12
Final · Box score
DET96
MIN86
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -6; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +10
Final · Box score
SAS90
NOP104
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +7; Q3 NOP +4; Q4 NOP +14
Final · Box score
NYK93
OKC90
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
UTA93
DAL102
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +9
Final · Box score
PHX114
DEN107
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -14; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +7
Final · Box score
LAC91
POR102
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +11
Final · Box score
CHI94
GSW106
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +12
Final · Box score
TOR102
LAL91
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +11
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 20, 2014: 2 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (MIA vs LAC), 28 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Brandon Knight scores 38, Phoenix rallies past Denver

Phoenix trailed by 14 at the half and won 114–107.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-12-14-4+7PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX17323134114
DEN29342123107
Who led
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 17, 22, 14, 37, 10, 30, 23, 38PHX38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 19, 22, 28, 26, 30, 21, 21, 22PHX22 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Emmanuel MudiayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 13, 18, 16, 2, 13, 12, 5, 26DEN26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 16, 7, 8, 3, 7, 16, 15, 20DEN20 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DET @ MIN

Detroit beats Minnesota, 96–86

Detroit led 68–65 after three and won by 10. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over OKC3PHX over DEN7DAL over UTA9DET over MIN10POR over LAC11TOR over LAL11MEM over HOU12GSW over CHI12NOP over SAS14CHA over PHI25BOS over BKN25Final margin, points. Pink = DET over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 12 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
1.9Season avg24.1Today

24 minutes today, against 1.9 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Knight leads the day with 38

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.
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 17, 22, 14, 37, 10, 30, 23, 38PHX @ DEN · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 20, 21, 22, 21, 27, 40, 43, 34OKC vs NYK · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 21, 25, 17, 5, 16, 24, 30, 30NOP vs SAS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 26, 26, 11, 7, 27, 17, 32, 28CHI @ GSW · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 26, 30, 22, 11, 23, 27, 23, 27POR vs LAC · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 24, 22, 28, 46, 34, 37, 40, 27GSW vs CHI · W
33.6 PPG season to date · −7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST