FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 29, 2021Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BKN trailed IND by 12 after the first quarter and won 105–98.

Final · Box score
ORL109
TOR110
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +1
Final · Box score
IND98
BKN105
Q1 BKN -12; Q2 BKN +3; Q3 BKN +11; Q4 BKN +7
Final · Box score
CHA99
MIA114
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +15
Final · Box score
SAC113
NOP109
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +4
Final · Box score
DAL75
DEN106
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +31; Q4 DEN +31
Final · Box score
LAC92
POR111
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +19
Final · Box score
CLE101
LAL113
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +12
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · IND @ BKN

Indiana's skid reaches three

Brooklyn won 105–98; the Pacers fall to 1–5. James Harden led Brooklyn with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · BKN 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 Q3Final0-12+3+11+7BKN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3817192498
BKN26322720105
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 20, 20, 15, 14, 14, 29BKN29 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 6 games: 32, 29, 38, 25, 25, 22BKN22 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Torrey CraigPoints, last 6 games: 5, 0, 2, 0, 8, 28IND28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Chris DuartePoints, last 6 games: 27, 15, 19, 18, 14, 19IND19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 2 vs 2020–21 avg
Minutes per game
21.42020–21 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.4 in 2020–21 (43 games). Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 5 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 30 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Dallas by 31, the widest margin of 7 games.

TOR over ORL1SAC over NOP4BKN over IND7LAL over CLE12MIA over CHA15POR over LAC19DEN over DAL31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Paul George 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.
Paul GeorgePoints, last 5 games: 29, 41, 14, 12, 42LAC @ POR · L
27.6 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Anfernee Hardaway ORL, Apr 29, 1997: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
42 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 5 games: 21, 19, 36, 17, 32MIA vs CHA · W
25.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 20, 20, 15, 14, 14, 29BKN vs IND · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Torrey CraigPoints, last 6 games: 5, 0, 2, 0, 8, 28IND @ BKN · L
7.2 PPG season to date · +25.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 5 games: 20, 17, 16, 24, 26MIA vs CHA · W
20.6 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 4 games: 34, 25, 19, 26LAL vs CLE · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST