FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, November 16, 2016Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by ATL (vs MIL) and OKC (vs HOU).

Final · Box score
CLE93
IND103
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
NOP82
ORL89
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +7
Final · Box score
WAS102
PHI109
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +7
Final · Box score
MIL100
ATL107
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +7
Final · Box score
DAL83
BOS90
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +7
Final · Box score
DET102
NYK105
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
HOU103
OKC105
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC +2
Final · Box score
GSW127
TOR121
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +6
Final · Box score
PHX104
DEN120
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +16
Final · Box score
MEM111
LAC107
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +4
Final · Box score
SAS110
SAC105
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +5
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 16, 2015: 6 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC @ MEM), 40 points.
The lead · HOU @ OKC

Russell Westbrook scores 30, OKC holds off Houston

Final: 105–103. Russell Westbrook added 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+2-5+2OKC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU32312713103
OKC38272020105
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29, 41, 33, 30OKC30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 21, 12, 17, 18, 18, 12, 9, 29OKC29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 12, 16, 12, 23, 20, 6, 7, 14HOU14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 41, 30, 30, 32, 24, 25, 33, 13HOU13 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 16.

OKC over HOU2NYK over DET3MEM over LAC4SAS over SAC5GSW over TOR6ORL over NOP7PHI over WAS7ATL over MIL7BOS over DAL7IND over CLE10DEN over PHX16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.2Season avg33.6Last 5

33.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.2 in 10 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg19.9Last 3

19.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 11 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kristaps Porzingis leads the day with 35

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.
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 3, 27, 28, 21, 14, 21, 24, 35NYK vs DET · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 28, 21, 13, 46, 24, 33, 30, 35GSW @ TOR · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 40, 34, 23, 37, 34, 33, 26, 34TOR vs GSW · L
33.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 16, 10, 2, 11, 14, 6, 10, 32PHX @ DEN · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 20, 28, 14, 36, 29, 41, 33, 30OKC vs HOU · W
31.8 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 37, 20, 39, 27, 22, 28, 18, 29, 30GSW @ TOR · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST