FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 16, 2017Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed BOS by 5 after the first quarter and won 106–102.

Final · R1 · G1
ATL107
WAS114
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +7
Final · R1 · G1
POR109
GSW121
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +12
Final · R1 · G1
CHI106
BOS102
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +4
Final · R1 · G1
OKC87
HOU118
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +31
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 · 2015–16Apr 16, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Paul George (IND @ TOR), 33 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · CHI @ BOS

Jimmy Butler scores 30 as Chicago wins in Boston

Final: 106–102. Jimmy Butler made 9 of 20 shots from the field. First round series: Chicago 1, Boston 0.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-5+20+4CHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI23252632106
BOS28182828102
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 33, 39, 26, 19, 33, 17, 25, 30CHI30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 0, 21, 8, 12, 9, 10, 12, 19CHI19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 35, 19, 26, 35, 32, 27, 13, 33BOS33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 12, 14, 12, 4, 16, 19, 12, 19BOS19 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+18.0points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
23.0Reg. season avg41Today

41 points today in 41 minutes, against 23.0 a game in the regular season (80 games).

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Reg. season avg32.1Today

32 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in the regular season (59 games). Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−9.9points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.9Reg. season avg6Today

6 points today in 32 minutes, against 15.9 a game in the regular season (67 games).

Second story · ATL @ WAS · R1 · G1

Washington beats Atlanta by 7, moves within three of advancing

Game 1: 114–107. Series: 1–0. John Wall led Washington with 32 points, 4 rebounds and 14 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs WAS
G1 · @ WASWAS114–107Game by game through Apr 16, winner and final score. Pink = WAS win.
Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 41

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.
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 32, 13, 39, 12, 29, 17, 25, 18, 9, 41POR @ GSW · L
41.0 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Vin Baker MIL, Jan 5, 1996: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 30, 17, 31, 33, 35, 14, 27, 37HOU vs OKC · W
37.0 PPG playoffs to date
37 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 19, 31, 31, 25, 16, 22, 59, 34POR @ GSW · L
34.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 35, 19, 26, 35, 32, 27, 13, 33BOS vs CHI · L
33.0 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 34, 41, 16, 15, 23, 24, 16, 32WAS vs ATL · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 21, 25, 27, 0, 16, 16, 29, 32GSW vs POR · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST