FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 29, 2012Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MEM by 21 after three quarters and won 99–98.

Final · R1 · G1
UTA91
SAS106
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +15
Final · R1 · G1
DEN88
LAL103
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +15
Final · R1 · G1
BOS74
ATL83
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +9
Final · R1 · G1
LAC99
MEM98
Q1 LAC -18; Q2 LAC -19; Q3 LAC -21; Q4 LAC +1
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 · 2010–11Apr 29, 2011: 1 game. Top scorer: Zach Randolph (MEM vs SAS), 31 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · LAC @ MEM

Clippers beat Memphis by 1, move within three of advancing

Game 1: 99–98. Series: 1–0. Nick Young led Clippers with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-19-21+1LAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1623253599
MEM3424271398
Who led
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 10, 6, 19, 13, 5, 5, 5, 19LAC19 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 20, 17, 12, 16, 21, 36, 29, 17LAC17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 24, 28, 26, 9, 21, 15, 20, 19MEM19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 5, 16, 20, 20, 5, 12, 0, 17MEM17 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · BOS @ ATL · R1 · G1

Atlanta leads Boston wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 83–74. Best quarter: the first, 31–18. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 22 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · BOS vs ATL
G1 · @ ATLATL83–74Game by game through Apr 29, winner and final score. Pink = ATL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.8points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.2Reg. season avg28Today

28 points today in 37 minutes, against 18.2 a game in the regular season (60 games).

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Reg. season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in the regular season (30 games). Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−9.4points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.4Reg. season avg7Today

7 points today in 31 minutes, against 16.4 a game in the regular season (61 games).

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 11, 40, 24, 31, 28, 18, 26, 31LAL vs DEN · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 13, 14, 8, 29, 15, 20, 6, 13, 28SAS vs UTA · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 26, 15, 12, 19, 14, 18, 23, 22ATL vs BOS · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date
22 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 24, 22, 13, 21, 20, 15, 4, 20BOS @ ATL · L
20.0 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 18, 10, 8, 4, 20, 13, 0, 20BOS @ ATL · L
20.0 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 2, 18, 21, 27, 17, 16, 6, 18, 26, 20UTA @ SAS · L
20.0 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST