FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 6, 2014Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 108–87.

Final · Box score
Spurs81
Rockets98
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +17
Final · Box score
Mavs87
Blazers108
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +21
On this day · 2013–14Nov 6, 2013: 10 games. Top scorer: Nikola Vucevic (Magic-Clippers), 30 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Blazers

Portland rolls past Dallas, 108–87

Dwight Howard goes for 32 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-4+13+21POR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2426181987
Blazers20263527108
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 22, 26, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 10, 20, 11, 27, 18POR18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 5 games: 18, 21, 17, 27, 17DAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 5 games: 26, 14, 17, 14, 14DAL14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Spurs-Rockets

Houston never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–81. Dwight Howard led Houston with 32 points, 16 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Rockets-Spurs
Dwight Howard · HOUCory Joseph · SASPTS3218REB161AST00Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Mavs-Blazers11
Spurs-Rockets0
The night in charts
Mavs-Blazers combined for 195, 16 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-BlazersMavs 87, Blazers 108
195
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 81, Rockets 98
179
HOU won the closest game by 17
Closest finishes
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 81, Rockets 98
+17 HOU
Mavs-BlazersMavs 87, Blazers 108
+21 POR
Joseph shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JosephSAS · 18 PTS, 1 REB
82% (9-11)
DwightHOU · 32 PTS, 16 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
AldridgePOR · 20 PTS, 7 REB
63% (10-16)
HardenHOU · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 3 BLK
53% (8-15)
CanaanHOU · 12 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Spurs-Rockets
Spurs 81Rockets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1514262681
Rockets1827361798
The story
James Harden had 20 points as Houston beat San Antonio 98-81

Aron Baynes led San Antonio with 12 PTS, 12 REB 20 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 3 BLK · 8-15 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the second 27-14, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
300 +3+16+26+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Blazers
Mavs 87Blazers 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2426181987
Blazers20263527108
The story
Damian Lillard's 18 points carried Portland past Dallas, 108-87

For Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 17 PTS, 3 REB 18 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 6-13 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 35-18.

POR lead by quarter
300 −4−4+13+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Nicolas Batum was the fantasy play: 34.3 FPTS on 9 REB, 9 AST, 8 PTS

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+3.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 5 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, today vs 2013–14 avg
Minutes per game
19.72013–14 avg8.7Today

8.7 minutes today in 9 minutes, against 19.7 a game in 2013–14 (55 games).

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 32

Dwight HowardPoints, last 6 games: 13, 22, 14, 11, 26, 32Rockets-Spurs · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 6 games: 32, 18, 26, 35, 25, 20Rockets-Spurs · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 27, 22, 26, 16, 20Blazers-Mavs · W
22.2 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 5 games: 10, 20, 11, 27, 18Blazers-Mavs · W
17.2 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Cory JosephPoints, last 4 games: 7, 7, 10, 18Spurs-Rockets · L
10.5 PPG season to date
Ties career high18 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 5 games: 18, 21, 17, 27, 17Mavs-Blazers · L
20.0 PPG season to date
17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST