FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 17, 2017Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G2
IND111
CLE117
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +6
Final · R1 · G2
MEM82
SAS96
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +14
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 17, 2016: 4 games. Top scorer: Kyrie Irving (CLE vs DET), 31 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · IND @ CLE

Kyrie Irving goes for 37 in Cleveland win over Indiana

Cleveland won 117–111. First round series: Cleveland 2, Indiana 0.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+5+18+6CLE AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND29292033111
CLE32313321117
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 24, 23, 24, 19, 18, 45, 23, 37CLE37 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 20, 28, 15, 15, 11, 25, 17, 27CLE27 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 43, 35, 23, 37, 27, 32, 29, 32IND32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 17, 20, 15, 9, 15, 19, 15, 23IND23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MEM @ SAS · R1 · G2

San Antonio leads Memphis wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 96–82. Best quarter: the first, 29–16. Kawhi Leonard led San Antonio with 37 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · MEM vs SAS
G1 · @ SASSAS111–82G2 · @ SASSAS96–82Game by game through Apr 17, winner and final score. Pink = SAS win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
25.5Reg. season avg34.5Last 2 playoff games

34.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 25.5 in the regular season (74 games). Today: 37 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Reg. season avg13.3Last 2 playoff games

13.3 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 25.9 in the regular season (64 games). Today: 9 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Reg. season avg35.5Today

36 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in the regular season (73 games). Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 37

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 25, 32, 11, 28, 18, 14, 32, 37SAS vs MEM · W
34.5 PPG playoffs to date
37 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 24, 23, 24, 19, 18, 45, 23, 37CLE vs IND · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
37 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 43, 35, 23, 37, 27, 32, 29, 32IND @ CLE · L
30.5 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 20, 28, 15, 15, 11, 25, 17, 27CLE vs IND · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 34, 41, 18, 36, 27, 32, 32, 25CLE vs IND · W
28.5 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 28, 20, 19, 31, 15, 15, 13, 24MEM @ SAS · L
18.5 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST