FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 23, 2016Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G4
TOR83
IND100
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +17
Final · R1 · G3
MIA80
CHA96
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +16
Final · R1 · G4
OKC119
DAL108
Q1 OKC +15; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +11
Final · R1 · G3
LAC88
POR96
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +8
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 23, 2015: 3 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ NOP), 40 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · LAC @ POR

Portland stays alive against Clippers

A 96–88 win in Game 3 cuts the first round deficit to 2–1. Damian Lillard led Portland with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+3+9+3+8POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC1921272188
POR2227212696
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 38, 22, 11, 31, 21, 21, 17, 32POR32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 18, 30, 26, 21, 17, 9, 16, 27POR27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 27, 25, 13, 5, 12, 28, 25, 26LAC26 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 32, 19, 4, 30, 22, 13, 11, 19LAC19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · OKC @ DAL · R1 · G4

OKC leads Dallas wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 119–108. Best quarter: the first, 33–18. Enes Kanter led OKC with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Series tracker · OKC vs DAL
G1 · @ OKCOKC108–70G2 · @ OKCDAL85–84G3 · @ DALOKC131–102G4 · @ DALOKC119–108Game by game through Apr 23, winner and final score. Pink = OKC win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
9.5Reg. season avg19.3Last 3 playoff games

19.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 9.5 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 19 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.1minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Reg. season avg3.0Last 2 playoff games

3.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 24.1 in the regular season (7 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Reg. season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in the regular season (59 games). Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard 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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 38, 22, 11, 31, 21, 21, 17, 32POR vs LAC · W
23.3 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 33, 11, 2, 17, 16, 6, 21, 28OKC @ DAL · W
17.8 PPG playoffs to date · +13.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 21, 14, 22, 19, 18, 17, 16, 27DAL vs OKC · L
19.5 PPG playoffs to date · +10.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 18, 30, 26, 21, 17, 9, 16, 27POR vs LAC · W
17.3 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 27, 25, 13, 5, 12, 28, 25, 26LAC @ POR · L
26.3 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 23, 13, 24, 13, 24, 19, 26, 25OKC @ DAL · W
23.5 PPG playoffs to date · +2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST