FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 21, 2016Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G3
OKC131
DAL102
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +29
Final · R1 · G3
TOR101
IND85
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +16
Final · R1 · G3
GSW96
HOU97
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +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 · 2014–15Apr 21, 2015: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs BOS), 30 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · GSW @ HOU

James Harden scores 35, Houston holds off Golden State

Final: 97–96. James Harden added 8 rebounds and 9 assists. First round series: Houston 1, Golden State 2.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+13+7+6+1HOU AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW1830242496
HOU3124231997
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 26, 30, 40, 34, 38, 17, 28, 35HOU35 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Donatas MotiejunasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 2, 6, 8, 7, 3, 8, 7, 14HOU14 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Marreese SpeightsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 12, 12, 9, 22GSW22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 28, 14, 20, 14, 16, 16, 34, 17GSW17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
6.3Reg. season avg13.7Last 3 playoff games

13.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 6.3 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Reg. season avg3.2Last 3 playoff games

3.2 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.7 in the regular season (73 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Reg. season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in the regular season (37 games). Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · TOR @ IND · R1 · G3

Steady Toronto beats Indiana

Leads at every break, then a 101–85 final. Kyle Lowry led Toronto with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Series tracker · TOR vs IND
G1 · @ TORIND100–90G2 · @ TORTOR98–87G3 · @ INDTOR101–85Game by game through Apr 21, winner and final score. Pink = TOR win.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 35

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 26, 30, 40, 34, 38, 17, 28, 35HOU vs GSW · W
26.7 PPG playoffs to date
35 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 31, 33, 26, 31, 34, 23, 21, 34OKC @ DAL · W
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 26, 23, 13, 24, 13, 24, 19, 26OKC @ DAL · W
23.0 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 0 REB · 15 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 20, 29, 14, 15, 19, 33, 28, 25IND vs TOR · L
28.7 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 16, 11, 7, 20, 11, 7, 6, 22DAL vs OKC · L
11.7 PPG playoffs to date
22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Marreese SpeightsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 12, 12, 9, 22GSW @ HOU · L
14.3 PPG playoffs to date
22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST