FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, October 31, 2014Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed SAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 94–89.

Final · Box score
Grizzlies97
Pacers89
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -8; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +8
Final · OT · Box score
Cavs114
Bulls108
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 Cavs 0; OT1 CLE +6
Final · Box score
Sixers81
Bucks93
Q1 Bucks 0; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +12
Final · Box score
Spurs89
Suns94
Q1 PHX -13; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX +5
Final · Box score
Blazers94
Kings103
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 Kings 0; Q3 Kings 0; Q4 SAC +9
Final · Box score
Clippers118
Lakers111
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +7
On this day · 2013–14Oct 31, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (Clippers-Warriors), 42 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Suns

Phoenix climbs out of a 13-point hole against San Antonio

LeBron James goes for 36 points

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-9-4+5PHX AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2421261889
Suns1125312794
Who led
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 2 games: 23, 23PHX23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Markieff MorrisPoints, last 2 games: 12, 20PHX20 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 2 games: 23, 19SAS19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 2 games: 14, 16SAS16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Lead changes
Cavs-Bulls12
Sixers-Bucks10
Blazers-Kings10
Clippers-Lakers5
Grizzlies-Pacers4
Spurs-Suns1
The night in charts
Clippers-Lakers combined for 229, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-LakersClippers 118, Lakers 111
229
Cavs-BullsCavs 114, Bulls 108
222
Blazers-KingsBlazers 94, Kings 103
197
Grizzlies-PacersGrizzlies 97, Pacers 89
186
Spurs-SunsSpurs 89, Suns 94
183
Sixers-BucksSixers 81, Bucks 93
174
PHX won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Spurs-SunsSpurs 89, Suns 94
+5 PHX
Cavs-BullsCavs 114, Bulls 108
+6 CLE
Clippers-LakersClippers 118, Lakers 111
+7 LAC
Grizzlies-PacersGrizzlies 97, Pacers 89
+8 MEM
Blazers-KingsBlazers 94, Kings 103
+9 SAC
Sixers-BucksSixers 81, Bucks 93
+12 MIL
PHX erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-SunsPHX won · Spurs 89, Suns 94
13 pts
Grizzlies-PacersMEM won · Grizzlies 97, Pacers 89
8 pts
Clippers-LakersLAC won · Clippers 118, Lakers 111
4 pts
Sixers-BucksMIL won · Sixers 81, Bucks 93
1 pt
Gay shot 13-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
GaySAC · 40 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
68% (13-19)
Jordan HillLAL · 23 PTS, 5 REB, 1 BLK
67% (10-15)
NoelPHI · 14 PTS, 10 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
HinrichCHI · 20 PTS, 2 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
MayoMIL · 25 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Spurs-Suns
Spurs 89Suns 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2421261889
Suns1125312794
The story
Markieff Morris' 20 points and 11 rebounds carried Phoenix past San Antonio, 94-89

For San Antonio, Tim Duncan had 16 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST · 7-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Suns trailed by 4 going into the fourth, then won it 27-18.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −13−9−4+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Bulls
Cavs 114Bulls 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Cavs2830202016114
Bulls2725172910108
The story
Kevin Love had 16 points and 16 rebounds as Cleveland beat Chicago 114-108 in OT

Pau Gasol led Chicago with 15 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 16 PTS, 16 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST · 5-17 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the overtime 16-10.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +1+6+90+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Blazers-Kings
Blazers 94Kings 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2424232394
Kings26222332103
The story
Sacramento beat Portland 103-94 behind 17 points and 8 assists from Darren Collison

LaMarcus Aldridge paced Portland: 22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL · 6-14 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 32-23 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Kings.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +200+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.7points, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Points per game
2.32013–14 avg14.0Last 2

14.0 points a game over his last two games, against 2.3 in 2013–14 (48 games). Today: 12 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 2 vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
31.62013–14 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 31.6 in 2013–14 (76 games). Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
7.02013–14 avg31.2Today

31 minutes today, against 7.0 a game in 2013–14 (38 games). Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · Grizzlies-Pacers

Memphis climbs back to beat Indiana

Indiana led by 8 at the half. Memphis won it 97–89. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Grizzlies-Pacers
Zach Randolph · MEMChris Copeland · INDPTS2216REB136AST12Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Rudy Gay leads the day with 40

Rudy GayPoints, last 2 games: 14, 40Kings-Blazers · W
27.0 PPG season to date
Most like it, modern era: Kevin Durant OKC, Nov 15, 2009: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 2 games: 23, 39Clippers-Lakers · W
31.0 PPG season to date
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 2 games: 17, 36Cavs-Bulls · W
26.5 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 2 games: 17, 25Bucks-Sixers · W
21.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 2 games: 23, 23Suns-Spurs · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jordan HillPoints, last 3 games: 7, 6, 23Lakers-Clippers · L
12.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST