FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 24, 2014Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G3
IND85
ATL98
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +13
Final · OT · R1 · G3
OKC95
MEM98
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final · R1 · G3
LAC98
GSW96
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +2
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 · 2012–13Apr 24, 2013: 3 games. Top scorer: James Harden (HOU @ OKC), 36 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · LAC @ GSW

Blake Griffin scores 32 as Clippers win in Golden State

Final: 98–96. Blake Griffin made 15 of 25 shots from the field. First round series: Clippers 2, Golden State 1.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+3+11+2LAC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2422292398
GSW2122213296
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 25, 23, 30, 27, 24, 16, 35, 32LAC32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 17, 23, 25, 17, 21, 28, 12, 15LAC15 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 21, 16, 25, 20, 8, 22, 7, 26GSW26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 31, 24, 30, 47, 32, 14, 24, 16GSW16 PTS · 2 REB · 15 AST
Second story · OKC @ MEM · R1 · G3

Memphis goes to overtime again, beats OKC

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Grizzlies. 85–85 after 48 minutes, 98–95 final. Mike Conley led Memphis with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · OKC vs MEM
G1 · @ OKCOKC100–86G2 · @ OKCMEM111–105G3 · @ MEMMEM98–95Game by game through Apr 24, winner and final score. Pink = MEM win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
21.8Reg. season avg27.3Last 3 playoff games

27.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 21.8 in the regular season (46 games). Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
30.3Reg. season avg12.3Last 3 playoff games

12.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 30.3 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 3 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Reg. season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in the regular season (62 games). Line: 7 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 32

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 25, 23, 30, 27, 24, 16, 35, 32LAC @ GSW · W
27.7 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 33, 30, 24, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30OKC @ MEM · L
27.3 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 27, 27, 38, 25, 42, 33, 36, 30OKC @ MEM · L
33.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 21, 16, 25, 20, 8, 22, 7, 26GSW vs LAC · L
18.3 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 19, 22, 25, 11, 11, 28, 14, 22ATL vs IND · W
21.3 PPG playoffs to date
22 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Lance StephensonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 11, 6, 3, 11, 17, 19, 7, 21IND @ ATL · L
15.7 PPG playoffs to date
21 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST