FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, October 28, 2017Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed LAC by 10 at halftime and won 95–87.

Final · Box score
CLE101
NOP123
Q1 NOP +13; Q2 NOP +13; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +22
Final · Box score
OKC101
CHI69
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +19; Q3 OKC +29; Q4 OKC +32
Final · Box score
HOU89
MEM103
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +14
Final · Box score
BOS96
MIA90
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +6
Final · Box score
PHI112
DAL110
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +2
Final · Box score
LAL81
UTA96
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +15
Final · Box score
PHX107
POR114
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +7
Final · Box score
DET95
LAC87
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +8
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 28, 2016: 8 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs PHX), 51 points.
The lead · DET @ LAC

Detroit climbs out of a 10-point hole against Clippers

Down 10 at the half, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 28–15 and the game 95–87. Andre Drummond led Detroit with 15 points, 17 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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+3-10-5+8DET AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2718222895
LAC2431171587
Who led
Andre DrummondPoints, last 6 games: 8, 9, 21, 14, 15, 15DET15 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 6 games: 13, 21, 16, 16, 10, 15DET15 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Austin RiversPoints, last 5 games: 2, 5, 16, 16, 20LAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 5 games: 29, 29, 22, 25, 19LAC19 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 5 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.1minutes, last 2 vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
27.32016–17 avg7.2Last 2

7.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.3 in 2016–17 (80 games). Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs 2016–17 avg
Minutes per game
4.92016–17 avg21.8Today

22 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 2016–17 (25 games). Line: 11 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · BOS @ MIA

Boston keeps rolling, beats Miami

That is four in a row. Final: 96–90. Kyrie Irving led Boston with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
L@ CLE99–102Lvs MIL100–108W@ PHI102–92Wvs NYK110–89W@ MIL96–89W@ MIA96–90BOS: last 6 games through Oct 28, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Devin Booker leads the day with 34

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.
Devin BookerPoints, last 6 games: 12, 25, 13, 22, 17, 34PHX @ POR · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 5 games: 33, 35, 27, 2, 30NOP vs CLE · W
25.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 6 games: 28, 35, 22, 39, 41, 29NOP vs CLE · W
32.3 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Karl Malone UTA, May 4, 1999: 29 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
29 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 6 games: 4, 13, 14, 14, 20, 29NOP vs CLE · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 6 games: 15, 17, 19, 20, 15, 26CLE @ NOP · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 6 games: 27, 18, 26, 13, 25, 25POR vs PHX · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST