FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 17, 2011Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NYK by 12 at halftime and won 87–85.

Final · R1 · G1
MEM101
SAS98
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM -4; Q4 MEM +3
Final · R1 · G1
NOH109
LAL100
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +9
Final · R1 · G1
NYK85
BOS87
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -12; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +2
Final · R1 · G1
DEN103
OKC107
Q1 OKC -9; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +4
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 · 2009–10Apr 17, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs UTA), 42 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · NYK @ BOS

Boston beats New York by 2, moves within three of advancing

Game 1: 87–85. Series: 1–0. Ray Allen led Boston with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-12-5+2BOS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2328132185
BOS2415202887
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 13, 11, 13, 13, 7, 13, 13, 24BOS24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 21, 25, 22, 18, 15, 22, 24, 18BOS18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 14, 20, 23, 28, 23, 18, 14, 28NYK28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 39, 39, 25, 23, 31, 25, 34, 21, 15NYK15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DEN @ OKC · R1 · G1

OKC goes up 1–0 on Denver

Game 1 went to the Thunder, 107–103. Kevin Durant led OKC with 41 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · DEN vs OKC
G1 · @ OKCOKC107–103Game by game through Apr 17, winner and final score. Pink = OKC win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+17.2points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.8Reg. season avg33Today

33 points today in 41 minutes, against 15.8 a game in the regular season (80 games).

Stepped-up role
+12.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Reg. season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 28.2 a game in the regular season (76 games). Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−10.8points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.8Reg. season avg8Today

8 points today in 38 minutes, against 18.8 a game in the regular season (82 games).

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 41

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 23, 32, 29, 28, 31, 32, 14, 41OKC vs DEN · W
41.0 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Damien Wilkins SEA, Nov 16, 2007: 41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 28, 20, 25, 24, 31, 27, 36, 34LAL vs NOH · L
34.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 5, 18, 28, 7, 0, 15, 7, 33NOH @ LAL · W
33.0 PPG playoffs to date
Ties season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 9, 18, 26, 17, 26, 30, 20, 31OKC vs DEN · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 14, 20, 23, 28, 23, 18, 14, 28NYK @ BOS · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 23, 20, 28, 22, 14, 27, 14, 25MEM @ SAS · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST