FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, October 27, 2018Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 110–106.

Final · Box score
BOS109
DET89
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +20
Final · Box score
UTA132
NOP111
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +21
Final · Box score
CHI97
ATL85
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +12
Final · Box score
IND119
CLE107
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +12
Final · Box score
CHA103
PHI105
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +2
Final · Box score
PHX96
MEM117
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +25; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +21
Final · Box score
POR111
MIA120
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +9
Final · Box score
ORL91
MIL113
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +14; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +22
Final · Box score
LAL106
SAS110
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +4
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 27, 2017: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN vs OKC), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAS

DeMar DeRozan posts 30 and 12 as San Antonio beats Lakers

30 points and 12 rebounds in a 110–106 win. LeBron James scored 35 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-7-6-1+4SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL36242818106
SAS29253323110
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 5 games: 28, 28, 32, 18, 30SAS30 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 5 games: 18, 12, 16, 11, 16SAS16 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 26, 24, 32, 19, 28, 35LAL35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kyle KuzmaPoints, last 6 games: 15, 11, 37, 17, 22, 15LAL15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHI @ ATL

Chicago beats Atlanta, 97–85

Chicago led 67–63 after three and won by 12. Zach LaVine led Chicago with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over CHA2SAS over LAL4MIA over POR9CHI over ATL12IND over CLE12BOS over DET20UTA over NOP21MEM over PHX21MIL over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Points per game
8.32017–18 avg12.7Last 3

12.7 points a game over his last three games, against 8.3 in 2017–18 (65 games). Today: 12 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.7minutes, last 3 vs 2017–18 avg
Minutes per game
25.22017–18 avg3.5Last 3

3.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 2017–18 (82 games). Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg24.1Today

24 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 42

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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 28, 29, 29, 41, 42POR @ MIA · L
33.8 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Danny Granger IND, Dec 12, 2008: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 7 games: 41, 26, 39, 26, 23, 30, 37CHA @ PHI · L
31.7 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 6 games: 26, 24, 32, 19, 28, 35LAL @ SAS · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 5 games: 28, 28, 32, 18, 30SAS vs LAL · W
27.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Ricky RubioPoints, last 5 games: 1, 13, 6, 4, 28UTA @ NOP · W
10.4 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 5 games: 26, 8, 20, 13, 28MIA vs POR · W
19.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST