FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 17, 2017Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed GSW by 13 after three quarters and won 122–121.

Final · Box score
Celtics99
Cavs102
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +16; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +3
Final · Box score
Rockets122
Warriors121
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU -13; Q4 HOU +1
The lead · Rockets-Warriors

Houston rallies from 13 down to beat Golden State

LeBron James goes for 29 points

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9-13+1HOU AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets34282634122
Warriors35363020121
Who led
James HardenHOU27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Eric GordonHOU24 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Nick YoungGSW23 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Stephen CurryGSW22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Lead changes
Celtics-Cavs11
Rockets-Warriors2
The night in charts
Rockets-Warriors combined for 243, 42 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 122, Warriors 121
243
Celtics-CavsCeltics 99, Cavs 102
201
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 122, Warriors 121
+1 HOU
Celtics-CavsCeltics 99, Cavs 102
+3 CLE
LeBron shot 12-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronCLE · 29 PTS, 16 REB, 9 AST, 2 BLK
63% (12-19)
CapelaHOU · 12 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
Eric GordonHOU · 24 PTS, 2 BLK, 1 REB, 1 AST
56% (9-16)
Jaylen BrownBOS · 25 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL
48% (11-23)
KyrieBOS · 22 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
47% (8-17)
Final · Rockets-Warriors
Rockets 122Warriors 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets34282634122
Warriors35363020121
The story
Eric Gordon had 24 points as Houston beat Golden State 122-121

Klay Thompson led Golden State with 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST · 9-16 FG, 0-6 3PT

The swing

Down 13 after the third, the Rockets took the fourth 34-20.

HOU lead by quarter
200 −1−9−13+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Cavs
Celtics 99Cavs 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics1919332899
Cavs29251830102
The story
Kevin Love's 15 points and 11 rebounds carried Cleveland past Boston, 102-99

For Boston, Marcus Smart had 12 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST 15 PTS, 11 REB · 4-9 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-19, was where the Cavaliers built it.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +10+16+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+18.4points, today vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
6.62016–17 avg25Today

25 points today in 40 minutes, against 6.6 a game in 2016–17 (78 games).

Cooling off
−19.9points, today vs 2016–17 avg
Points per game
21.92016–17 avg2Today

2 points today in 5 minutes, against 21.9 a game in 2016–17 (73 games).

Rebounding up
+7.4rebounds, today vs 2016–17 avg
Rebounds per game
8.62016–17 avg16Today

16 rebounds today in 41 minutes, against 8.6 a game in 2016–17 (74 games).

Second story · Celtics-Cavs

Cleveland leads Boston wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 102–99. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–28. LeBron James led Cleveland with 29 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Cavs-Celtics
LeBron James · CLEJaylen Brown · BOSPTS2925REB166AST90Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

LeBron JamesCavs-Celtics · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
James HardenRockets-Warriors · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jaylen BrownCeltics-Cavs · L
25.0 PPG season to date
Career high25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Eric GordonRockets-Warriors · W
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Nick YoungWarriors-Rockets · L
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingCeltics-Cavs · L
22.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST