FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, May 1, 2017Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G1
TOR105
CLE116
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +22; Q4 CLE +11
Final · R2 · G1
HOU126
SAS99
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +30; Q3 HOU +29; Q4 HOU +27
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 · 2015–16May 1, 2016: 3 games. Top scorer: Klay Thompson (GSW vs POR), 37 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 1 · TOR @ CLE

LeBron James posts 35 and 10 as Cleveland beats Toronto

35 points and 10 rebounds in a 116–105 win. Conference semifinals series: Cleveland 1, Toronto 0.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+14+22+11CLE AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR18302631105
CLE30323420116
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 18, 36, 27, 32, 32, 25, 41, 33, 35CLE35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 19, 18, 45, 23, 37, 13, 28, 24CLE24 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 13, 4, 22, 13, 18, 16, 13, 20TOR20 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 38, 35, 27, 23, 8, 33, 18, 32, 19TOR19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ SAS · R2 · G1

Houston leads San Antonio wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 126–99. Best quarter: the second, 35–16. Trevor Ariza led Houston with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · HOU vs SAS
G1 · @ SASHOU126–99Game by game through May 1, winner and final score. Pink = HOU win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
26.4Reg. season avg36.3Last 3 playoff games

36.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 26.4 in the regular season (74 games). Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Reg. season avg14.9Last 3 playoff games

14.9 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.0 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Reg. season avg28.5Today

29 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in the regular season (79 games). Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 18, 36, 27, 32, 32, 25, 41, 33, 35CLE vs TOR · W
33.2 PPG playoffs to date · +2.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 19, 18, 45, 23, 37, 13, 28, 24CLE vs TOR · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date · −1.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 6, 15, 4, 4, 7, 14, 2, 23HOU @ SAS · W
9.0 PPG playoffs to date · +16.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 14, 32, 37, 18, 43, 28, 29, 21SAS vs HOU · L
29.7 PPG playoffs to date · −10.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 14, 27, 37, 35, 44, 16, 34, 20HOU @ SAS · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date · −13.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 1 REB · 14 AST
Clint CapelaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 18, 22, 14, 7, 5, 4, 8, 20HOU @ SAS · W
9.7 PPG playoffs to date · +12.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST