FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 27, 2017Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed WAS by 14 at halftime and won 120–117.

Final · Box score
HOU109
CHA93
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +16
Final · Box score
SAS87
ORL114
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +27; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +27
Final · Box score
DEN105
ATL100
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +5
Final · Box score
BKN86
NYK107
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +21
Final · Box score
OKC116
MIN119
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +3
Final · Box score
WAS117
GSW120
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW -14; Q3 GSW -10; Q4 GSW +3
Final · Box score
TOR101
LAL92
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +9
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 · 2016–17Oct 27, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC vs SAS), 37 points.
The lead · WAS @ GSW

Kevin Durant scores 31, Golden State rallies past Washington

Golden State trailed by 14 at the half and won 120–117.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-7-14-10+3GSW AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS34333020117
GSW27263433120
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 20, 22, 29, 25, 29, 31GSW31 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 6 games: 22, 28, 37, 29, 30, 20GSW20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 5 games: 10, 28, 17, 12, 29WAS29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 5 games: 28, 26, 19, 18, 20WAS20 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
12.72016–17 avg23.7Last 3

23.7 points a game over his last three games, against 12.7 in 2016–17 (80 games). Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
25.92016–17 avg8.8Last 3

8.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 2016–17 (61 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
4.92016–17 avg26.1Today

26 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 2016–17 (25 games). Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat San Antonio by 27, the widest margin of 7 games.

MIN over OKC3GSW over WAS3DEN over ATL5TOR over LAL9HOU over CHA16NYK over BKN21ORL over SAS27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Karl-Anthony Towns leads the day with 33

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.
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 6 games: 18, 20, 27, 28, 23, 33MIN vs OKC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 20, 22, 29, 25, 29, 31GSW vs WAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kristaps PorzingisPoints, last 4 games: 31, 33, 12, 30NYK vs BKN · W
26.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Otto Porter Jr.Points, last 5 games: 10, 28, 17, 12, 29WAS @ GSW · L
19.2 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 27, 27, 29, 22, 27, 27HOU @ CHA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Jrue Holiday NOP, May 8, 2018: 27 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
27 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 5 games: 21, 6, 31, 28, 27OKC @ MIN · L
22.6 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST