FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 1, 2024Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
BOS124
CHA109
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +15
Final · Box score
ORL109
CLE120
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Box score
NYK128
DET98
Q1 NYK +26; Q2 NYK +23; Q3 NYK +30; Q4 NYK +30
Final · Box score
SAC123
ATL115
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +8
Final · Box score
CHI112
BKN120
Q1 BKN +7; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +8
Final · Box score
LAL131
TOR125
Q1 LAL +24; Q2 LAL +25; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +6
Final · Box score
IND118
NOP125
Q1 NOP 0; Q2 NOP 0; Q3 NOP +6; Q4 NOP +7
Final · Box score
DEN116
MIN119
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +3
Final · Box score
OKC137
POR114
Q1 OKC +13; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +23
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 · 2023–24Nov 1, 2023: 13 games. Top scorer: Kawhi Leonard (LAC @ LAL), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Minnesota holds off Denver, 119–116

Minnesota led 91–85 after three and held on to win by three. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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+4+3+6+3MIN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN29322431116
MIN33312728119
Who led
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 5 games: 27, 32, 24, 37, 29MIN29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 5 games: 16, 33, 24, 20, 23MIN23 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 5 games: 12, 10, 16, 24, 31DEN31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 5 games: 16, 41, 40, 29, 26DEN26 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New York posts the night's biggest win

New York beat Detroit by 30, the widest margin of 9 games.

MIN over DEN3LAL over TOR6NOP over IND7SAC over ATL8BKN over CHI8CLE over ORL11BOS over CHA15OKC over POR23NYK over DET30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Points per game
20.22023–24 avg28.0Last 3

28.0 points a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 2023–24 (58 games). Today: 33 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.3minutes, last 3 vs 2023–24 avg
Minutes per game
20.02023–24 avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 2023–24 (63 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Davis leads the day with 38

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.
Anthony DavisPoints, last 6 games: 36, 35, 31, 29, 22, 38LAL @ TOR · W
31.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 5 games: 22, 26, 21, 22, 36NYK @ DET · W
25.4 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 5 games: 16, 14, 31, 12, 34NOP vs IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 3 games: 20, 31, 33TOR vs LAL · L
28.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 6 games: 37, 25, 37, 15, 37, 32BOS @ CHA · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Cam ThomasPoints, last 6 games: 36, 24, 32, 26, 19, 32BKN vs CHI · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST