FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, October 20, 2018Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 140–136.

Final · Box score
BKN112
IND132
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +20
Final · Box score
TOR117
WAS113
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +4
Final · Box score
BOS103
NYK101
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +2
Final · Box score
ORL115
PHI116
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +1
Final · Box score
DET118
CHI116
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +2
Final · Box score
CHA113
MIA112
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +20; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +1
Final · Box score
MIN136
DAL140
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +4
Final · Box score
PHX91
DEN119
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +28
Final · Box score
SAS108
POR121
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +13
Final · Box score
HOU124
LAL115
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +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 · 2017–18Oct 20, 2017: 10 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (ORL @ BKN), 41 points.
The lead · MIN @ DAL

Dallas rallies from 9 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 9 after one, Dallas outscored the Timberwolves 103–90 the rest of the way. Final: 140–136. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90-2+4DAL AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN46233037136
DAL37322843140
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 2 games: 10, 26DAL26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
DeAndre JordanPoints, last 2 games: 11, 22DAL22 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 3 games: 8, 12, 31MIN31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 3 games: 8, 12, 28MIN28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games go down to the wire

Six of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 28.

PHI over ORL1CHA over MIA1BOS over NYK2DET over CHI2TOR over WAS4DAL over MIN4HOU over LAL9POR over SAS13IND over BKN20DEN over PHX28Final 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
+14.8points, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
16.72017–18 avg31.5Last 2

31.5 points a game over his last two games, against 16.7 in 2017–18 (24 games). Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 2 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
34.22017–18 avg22.9Last 2

22.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.2 in 2017–18 (52 games). Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
12.32017–18 avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 2017–18 (20 games). Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kemba Walker leads the day with 39

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.
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 3 games: 41, 26, 39CHA @ MIA · W
35.3 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 2 games: 18, 36HOU @ LAL · W
27.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 2 games: 21, 35DEN vs PHX · W
28.0 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Luka Doncic DAL, Mar 7, 2024: 35 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
35 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 2 games: 26, 33DET @ CHI · W
29.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVinePoints, last 2 games: 30, 33CHI vs DET · L
31.5 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 3 games: 23, 30, 32PHI vs ORL · W
28.3 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST