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Tuesday, May 26, 2015Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · CF · G4
ATL88
CLE118
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +25; Q4 CLE +30
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 · 2013–14May 26, 2014: 1 game. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs IND), 32 points.
The lead · Conference finals · Game 4 · ATL @ CLE

Cleveland closes out Atlanta in four

Cleveland won Game 4, 118–88, to take the conference finals series 4–0. LeBron James led Cleveland with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+17+25+30CLE AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2022182888
CLE32272633118
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 27, 25, 38, 15, 31, 30, 37, 23CLE23 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 14, 13, 12, 12, 28, 9, 17, 18CLE18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 18, 26, 14, 20, 27, 12, 30, 17ATL17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 8, 19, 14, 20, 13, 4, 22, 16ATL16 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
4.8Reg. season avg12.7Last 3 playoff games

12.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 4.8 in the regular season (67 games). Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
36.4Reg. season avg20.5Last 3 playoff games

20.5 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 36.4 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 16 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Reg. season avg34.6Today

35 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in the regular season (75 games). Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 23

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 27, 25, 38, 15, 31, 30, 37, 23CLE vs ATL · W
27.6 PPG playoffs to date · −4.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 14, 13, 12, 12, 28, 9, 17, 18CLE vs ATL · W
13.5 PPG playoffs to date · +4.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 18, 26, 14, 20, 27, 12, 30, 17ATL @ CLE · L
16.8 PPG playoffs to date · +0.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 8, 19, 14, 20, 13, 4, 22, 16ATL @ CLE · L
15.2 PPG playoffs to date · +0.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 10, 12, 12, 13, 14, 7, 10, 16CLE vs ATL · W
9.4 PPG playoffs to date · +7.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 30, 21, 11, 12, 25, 6, 10, 16CLE vs ATL · W
18.7 PPG playoffs to date · −2.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST