FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 11, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed OKC by 8 after the first quarter and won 110–108.

Final · Box score
TOR113
CHA111
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +2
Final · Box score
UTA87
ORL74
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +13
Final · OT · Box score
IND105
PHI109
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +4
Final · Box score
CLE105
WAS94
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
NYK87
BOS115
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +28
Final · Box score
LAC110
OKC108
Q1 LAC -8; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +2
Final · Box score
DET86
SAS96
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +10
Final · OT · Box score
SAC120
POR122
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +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 · 2015–16Nov 11, 2015: 11 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs DET), 33 points.
The lead · LAC @ OKC

Clippers fight back from 8 down against OKC

Final: 110–108, after trailing by 8 after one. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-80+8+2LAC AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC16343228110
OKC24262434108
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 9 games: 27, 18, 21, 14, 14, 28, 13, 22, 25LAC25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 9 games: 15, 12, 14, 6, 9, 16, 3, 2, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 32, 51, 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29OKC29 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 9 games: 10, 21, 20, 9, 21, 12, 17, 18, 18OKC18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Celtics rout

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat New York by 28.

TOR over CHA2LAC over OKC2POR over SAC2PHI over IND4SAS over DET10CLE over WAS11UTA over ORL13BOS over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg20.4Last 3

20.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs 2015–16 avg
Minutes per game
7.82015–16 avg27.0Today

27 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 2015–16 (29 games). Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 40

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 8 games: 17, 24, 29, 22, 30, 24, 21, 40CHA vs TOR · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Devin Booker PHX, Feb 26, 2018: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Season high40 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 29, 37, 31, 27, 42, 19, 38, 8, 36POR vs SAC · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 8 games: 40, 32, 33, 40, 34, 23, 37, 34TOR @ CHA · W
34.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 14, 30, 33, 15, 22, 28, 28, 33SAC @ POR · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 23, 16, 24, 9, 37, 33, 8, 31POR vs SAC · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 9 games: 32, 51, 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29OKC vs LAC · L
30.9 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST