FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 1, 2013Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NYK by 2 after the first quarter and won 92–86.

Final · R1 · G5
BOS92
NYK86
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +6
Final · R1 · G5
ATL83
IND106
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +23
Final · R1 · G5
HOU107
OKC100
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +7
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 · 2011–12May 1, 2012: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DEN), 38 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · BOS @ NYK

Boston gets one back against New York

Game 5: 92–86. New York leads the first round series 3–2. Jeff Green led Boston with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-2+6+9+6BOS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2025242392
NYK2217212686
Who led
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 25, 17, 9, 26, 10, 21, 26, 18BOS18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 17, 14, 6, 4, 6, 3, 4, 17BOS17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 36, 31, 25, 36, 34, 26, 36, 22NYK22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 19, 7, 11, 13, 16, 15, 27, 21NYK21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ATL @ IND · R1 · G5

Indiana beats Atlanta by 23, moves within one of advancing

Game 5: 106–83. Series: 3–2. David West led Indiana with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs IND
G1 · @ INDIND107–90G2 · @ INDIND113–98G3 · @ ATLATL90–69G4 · @ ATLATL102–91G5 · @ INDIND106–83Game by game through May 1, winner and final score. Pink = IND win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
5.4Reg. season avg17.3Last 3 playoff games

17.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 5.4 in the regular season (69 games). Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Reg. season avg8.7Last 3 playoff games

8.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.3 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Reg. season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in the regular season (58 games). Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 36

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: 27, 21, 31, 16, 29, 24, 29, 41, 38, 36OKC vs HOU · L
33.6 PPG playoffs to date · +3.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 29, 16, 30, 20, 36, 30, 15, 31HOU @ OKC · W
26.4 PPG playoffs to date · +5.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 15, 26, 17, 13, 7, 18, 15, 24IND vs ATL · W
15.4 PPG playoffs to date · +10.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 36, 31, 25, 36, 34, 26, 36, 22NYK vs BOS · L
30.8 PPG playoffs to date · −11.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 14, 21, 9, 23, 27, 16, 21, 21IND vs ATL · W
21.6 PPG playoffs to date · −0.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Omer AsikPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 10, 6, 8, 9, 9, 5, 17, 21HOU @ OKC · W
12.2 PPG playoffs to date · +11.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST