FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, November 2, 2019Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed POR by 11 at halftime and won 129–128.

Final · Box score
NOP104
OKC115
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +11
Final · Box score
BKN109
DET113
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +4
Final · Box score
DEN91
ORL87
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +4
Final · Box score
PHX114
MEM105
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +9
Final · Box score
TOR105
MIL115
Q1 MIL +19; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +10
Final · Box score
MIN131
WAS109
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +34; Q4 MIN +22
Final · Box score
CHA93
GSW87
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +6
Final · Box score
PHI129
POR128
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -10; Q4 PHI +1
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 · 2018–19Nov 2, 2018: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (GSW vs MIN), 33 points.
The lead · PHI @ POR

Philadelphia rallies from 11 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 11 at the half, Philadelphia outscored the Trail Blazers 72–60 the rest of the way. Final: 129–128. Al Horford led Philadelphia with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-5-11-10+1PHI AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI27303537129
POR32363426128
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 5 games: 16, 23, 5, 12, 25PHI25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 5 games: 15, 29, 13, 18, 23PHI23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 6 games: 32, 35, 28, 28, 23, 33POR33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rodney HoodPoints, last 6 games: 13, 8, 20, 11, 9, 25POR25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 2018–19 avg
Minutes per game
23.52018–19 avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 2018–19 (34 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
32.6Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 32.6 in 5 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 33 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Washington by 22.

PHI over POR1DET over BKN4DEN over ORL4CHA over GSW6PHX over MEM9MIL over TOR10OKC over NOP11MIN over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads the day with 36

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 AntetokounmpoPoints, last 6 games: 30, 29, 14, 22, 29, 36MIL vs TOR · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 6 games: 22, 29, 11, 26, 20, 36TOR @ MIL · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 6 games: 32, 35, 28, 28, 23, 33POR vs PHI · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 5 games: 19, 17, 25, 46, 30WAS vs MIN · L
27.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 7 games: 32, 21, 13, 18, 21, 25, 25DET vs BKN · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 20 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 5 games: 16, 23, 5, 12, 25PHI @ POR · W
16.2 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST