FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 14, 2016Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 93–77.

Final · Box score
ORL69
IND88
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +19
Final · Box score
OKC88
DET104
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +16
Final · Box score
DAL77
NYK93
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +16
Final · Box score
PHI88
HOU115
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +27
Final · Box score
BOS105
NOP106
Q1 NOP +1; Q2 NOP +5; Q3 NOP +10; Q4 NOP +1
Final · Box score
MIA90
SAS94
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +4
Final · Box score
MEM102
UTA96
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +6
Final · Box score
BKN95
LAC127
Q1 LAC +25; Q2 LAC +24; Q3 LAC +34; Q4 LAC +32
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 14, 2015: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIL), 37 points.
The lead · DAL @ NYK

New York climbs out of an 8-point hole against Dallas

Down 8 after one, the Knicks won the third quarter 31–12 and the game 93–77. Kristaps Porzingis led New York with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-3+16+16NYK AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2316122677
NYK1521312693
Who led
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 18, 3, 27, 28, 21, 14, 21, 24NYK24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 24, 21, 25, 28, 22, 12, 31, 24NYK24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Harrison BarnesPoints, last 9 games: 19, 31, 10, 14, 17, 34, 31, 25, 20DAL20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 8 games: 22, 10, 18, 9, 23, 21, 18, 17DAL17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ IND

Indiana takes care of Orlando

A 19-point win, 88–69. CJ Miles led Indiana with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over BOS1SAS over MIA4MEM over UTA6DET over OKC16NYK over DAL16IND over ORL19HOU over PHI27LAC over BKN32Final margin, points. Pink = IND over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 9 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 11 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg33.7Today

34 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Thomas leads the day with 37

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.
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 24, 23, 30, 30, 23, 29, 23, 37BOS @ NOP · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 51, 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29, 41, 33OKC @ DET · L
32.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 28, 41, 30, 30, 32, 24, 25, 33HOU vs PHI · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 9 games: 9, 13, 9, 20, 4, 2, 16, 4, 27MIA @ SAS · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 45, 18, 35, 10, 22, 33, 34, 30, 34, 25NOP vs BOS · W
30.5 PPG season to date · −6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 27, 30, 29, 14, 34, 17, 20, 24SAS vs MIA · W
25.5 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST