FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 27, 2011Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DEN by 4 after three quarters and won 100–97.

Final · R1 · G5
PHI91
MIA97
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +6
Final · OT · R1 · G5
MEM103
SAS110
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +7
Final · R1 · G5
DEN97
OKC100
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC 0; Q3 OKC -4; Q4 OKC +3
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 27, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Caron Butler (DAL vs SAS), 35 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · DEN @ OKC

Kevin Durant scores 41 as OKC beats Denver

OKC won 100–97. Kevin Durant: 41 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists. OKC wins the first round series 4–1.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30-4+3OKC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2822262197
OKC25252228100
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 31, 32, 14, 41, 23, 26, 31, 41OKC41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 26, 30, 20, 31, 21, 23, 30, 14OKC14 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 15, 4, 1, 11, 10, 13, 6, 15DEN15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 14, 12, 14, 10, 7, 15, 13, 14DEN14 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
17.4Reg. season avg23.3Last 3 playoff games

23.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 17.4 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Reg. season avg17.7Last 3 playoff games

17.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 33.3 in the regular season (72 games). Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Reg. season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in the regular season (74 games). Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · MEM @ SAS · R1 · G5

San Antonio avoids elimination, forces Game 6

110–103 over Memphis. The first round series is 3–2. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · MEM vs SAS
G1 · @ SASMEM101–98G2 · @ SASSAS93–87G3 · @ MEMMEM91–88G4 · @ MEMMEM104–86G5 · @ SASSAS110–103Game by game through Apr 27, winner and final score. Pink = SAS win.
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: 29, 28, 31, 32, 14, 41, 23, 26, 31, 41OKC vs DEN · W
32.4 PPG playoffs to date · +10.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, May 1, 2009: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 18, 25, 12, 0, 17, 23, 14, 33SAS vs MEM · W
21.8 PPG playoffs to date · +15.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 27, 14, 21, 17, 14, 32, 22, 26MIA vs PHI · W
22.2 PPG playoffs to date · +4.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 14, 27, 14, 25, 11, 25, 11, 26MEM @ SAS · L
19.6 PPG playoffs to date · +8.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 15, 13, 12, 20, 12, 16, 23, 24SAS vs MEM · W
19.0 PPG playoffs to date · +6.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 10, 15, 16, 4, 5, 10, 16, 22PHI @ MIA · L
11.4 PPG playoffs to date · +13.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST