FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 30, 2014Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G5
DAL103
SAS109
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +6
Final · R1 · G5
BKN113
TOR115
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +2
Final · R1 · G5
POR98
HOU108
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +10
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 30, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC vs MEM), 35 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · BKN @ TOR

Kyle Lowry hits six threes, Toronto tops Brooklyn

36 points for Kyle Lowry. Final: 115–113. First round series: Toronto 3, Brooklyn 2.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+18+22+2TOR AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN25192544113
TOR28342924115
Who led
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 28, 24, 22, 22, 14, 15, 22, 36TOR36 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 26, 30, 9, 14, 30, 30, 24, 23TOR23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 9, 17, 12, 24, 18, 29, 7, 32BKN32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mirza TeletovicPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 17, 8, 20, 2, 14, 5, 12, 17BKN17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DAL @ SAS · R1 · G5

San Antonio leads Dallas wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 109–103. Best quarter: the second, 31–23. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · DAL vs SAS
G1 · @ SASSAS90–85G2 · @ SASDAL113–92G3 · @ DALDAL109–108G4 · @ DALSAS93–89G5 · @ SASSAS109–103Game by game through Apr 30, winner and final score. Pink = SAS win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
13.0Reg. season avg22.0Last 3 playoff games

22.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 13.0 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 15 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Reg. season avg9.5Last 3 playoff games

9.5 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 24.2 in the regular season (72 games). Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Reg. season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in the regular season (48 games). Line: 10 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kyle Lowry 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.
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 28, 24, 22, 22, 14, 15, 22, 36TOR vs BKN · W
21.8 PPG playoffs to date · +17.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 9, 17, 12, 24, 18, 29, 7, 32BKN @ TOR · L
22.0 PPG playoffs to date · +12.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 6, 10, 9, 10, 8, 11, 8, 28DAL @ SAS · L
13.0 PPG playoffs to date · +18.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 21, 24, 8, 18, 9, 5, 21, 27POR @ HOU · L
16.0 PPG playoffs to date · +13.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 19, 23, 30, 11, 16, 18, 19, 26DAL @ SAS · L
18.0 PPG playoffs to date · +10.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 16, 13, 9, 31, 18, 30, 23, 26POR @ HOU · L
25.6 PPG playoffs to date · +0.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST