FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 19, 2017Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed OKC by 9 after the first quarter and won 115–111.

Final · R1 · G2
ATL101
WAS109
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +8
Final · R1 · G2
OKC111
HOU115
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +4
Final · R1 · G2
POR81
GSW110
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +29
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 19, 2016: 2 games. Top scorer: Kyle Korver (ATL vs BOS), 17 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · OKC @ HOU

James Harden scores 35, Houston rallies past OKC

Houston trailed by 9 after one and won 115–111. First round series: Houston 2, OKC 0. Russell Westbrook scored 51 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-6-3+4HOU AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC35332122111
HOU26362429115
Who led
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 17, 31, 33, 35, 14, 27, 37, 35HOU35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 15, 22, 11, 13, 17, 11, 8, 22HOU22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 57, 32, 40, 12, 45, 23, 50, 5, 22, 51OKC51 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Andre RobersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 6, 4, 12, 4, 2, 2, 18, 12OKC12 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
23.1Reg. season avg32.0Last 2 playoff games

32.0 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 23.1 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 32 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Reg. season avg3.0Last 2 playoff games

3.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 20.1 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Reg. season avg34.4Today

34 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ATL @ WAS · R1 · G2

Washington goes up 2–0 on Atlanta

Game 2 went to the Wizards, 109–101. John Wall led Washington with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs WAS
G1 · @ WASWAS114–107G2 · @ WASWAS109–101Game by game through Apr 19, winner and final score. Pink = WAS win.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 51

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 57, 32, 40, 12, 45, 23, 50, 5, 22, 51OKC @ HOU · L
36.5 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 13, 2018: 50 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
51 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 17, 31, 33, 35, 14, 27, 37, 35HOU vs OKC · W
36.0 PPG playoffs to date
35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 41, 16, 15, 23, 24, 16, 32, 32WAS vs ATL · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 27, 20, 19, 25, 16, 33, 22, 31WAS vs ATL · W
26.5 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 16, 10, 14, 26, 22, 10, 19, 27ATL @ WAS · L
23.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Dennis SchroderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 14, 29, 16, 18, 13, 8, 25, 23ATL @ WAS · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST