FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 22, 2010Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed LAL by 7 at halftime and won 101–96.

Final · R1 · G3
CLE106
CHI108
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +2
Final · R1 · G3
LAL96
OKC101
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC -1; Q4 OKC +5
Final · R1 · G3
PHX108
POR89
Q1 PHX +18; Q2 PHX +29; Q3 PHX +21; Q4 PHX +19
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 · 2008–09Apr 22, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ ATL), 33 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · LAL @ OKC

OKC stays alive against Lakers

A 101–96 win in Game 3 cuts the first round deficit to 2–1. Kevin Durant led OKC with 29 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-5-7-1+5OKC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2723252196
OKC22213127101
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 45, 33, 35, 40, 30, 31, 24, 32, 29OKC29 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 21, 8, 20, 11, 9, 23, 19, 27OKC27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 31, 28, 25, 22, 20, 21, 39, 24LAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 26, 29, 23, 28, 18, 19, 25, 17LAL17 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHI · R1 · G3

Steady Chicago beats Cleveland

Leads at every break, then a 108–106 final. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Series tracker · CLE vs CHI
G1 · @ CLECLE96–83G2 · @ CLECLE112–102G3 · @ CHICHI108–106Game by game through Apr 22, winner and final score. Pink = CHI win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.7Reg. season avg28.3Last 3 playoff games

28.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.7 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 42 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.9minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Reg. season avg1.0Last 2 playoff games

1.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 20.9 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Reg. season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jason Richardson 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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 20, 12, 14, 14, 12, 14, 29, 42PHX @ POR · W
28.3 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Hardaway ORL, Apr 29, 1997: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Season high42 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 34, 23, 27, 42, 19, 24, 40, 39CLE @ CHI · L
34.3 PPG playoffs to date
39 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 24, 25, 26, 39, 27, 28, 23, 31CHI vs CLE · W
27.3 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 45, 33, 35, 40, 30, 31, 24, 32, 29OKC vs LAL · W
28.3 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 10, 27, 21, 8, 20, 11, 9, 23, 19, 27OKC vs LAL · W
23.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 23, 13, 6, 30, 8, 8, 5, 27CHI vs CLE · W
13.3 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST