FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, October 18, 2017Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DEN by 9 after the first quarter and won 106–96.

Final · Box score
CHA90
DET102
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +12
Final · Box score
BKN131
IND140
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +9
Final · Box score
MIA109
ORL116
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +7
Final · Box score
PHI115
WAS120
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +5
Final · Box score
MIL108
BOS100
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +8
Final · Box score
NOP91
MEM103
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +12
Final · Box score
ATL117
DAL111
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +6
Final · Box score
DEN96
UTA106
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -9; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +10
Final · Box score
MIN99
SAS107
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
POR124
PHX76
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +25; Q3 POR +43; Q4 POR +48
Final · Box score
HOU105
SAC100
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +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
The lead · DEN @ UTA

Utah climbs out of a 9-point hole against Denver

Down 9 after one, the Jazz won the third quarter 29–25 and the game 106–96. Rudy Gobert led Utah with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-9-9-5+10UTA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3028251396
UTA21282928106
Who led
Rudy GobertUTA18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Alec BurksUTA16 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Will BartonDEN23 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Paul MillsapDEN19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+21.5points, today vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
2.52016–17 avg24Today

24 points today in 32 minutes, against 2.5 a game in 2016–17 (39 games).

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
17.82016–17 avg40.3Today

40 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 2016–17 (77 games). Line: 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−11.9points, today vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
23.92016–17 avg12Today

12 points today in 35 minutes, against 23.9 a game in 2016–17 (76 games).

Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Phoenix by 48, the widest margin of 11 games.

WAS over PHI5HOU over SAC5ATL over DAL6ORL over MIA7MIL over BOS8SAS over MIN8IND over BKN9UTA over DEN10DET over CHA12MEM over NOP12POR over PHX48Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo 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.
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL @ BOS · W
37.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisNOP @ MEM · L
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
D'Angelo RussellBKN @ IND · L
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Robert CovingtonPHI @ WAS · L
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
John WallWAS vs PHI · W
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
DeMarcus CousinsNOP @ MEM · L
28.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST