FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 7, 2017Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BOS by 4 after the first quarter and won 121–102.

Final · R2 · G4
CLE109
TOR102
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +7
Final · R2 · G4
BOS102
WAS121
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +22; Q4 WAS +19
Final · R2 · G4
SAS104
HOU125
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +21
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 7, 2016: 2 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR vs GSW), 40 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 4 · BOS @ WAS

Washington evens the series with Boston at 2–2

Washington won Game 4, 121–102, in the conference semifinals. Bradley Beal led Washington with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-40+22+19WAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS24242034102
WAS20284231121
Who led
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 12, 32, 27, 31, 27, 14, 11, 29WAS29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 29, 22, 20, 42, 20, 40, 24, 27WAS27 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 16, 33, 24, 12, 33, 53, 13, 19BOS19 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 11, 2, 5, 9, 4, 12, 2, 16BOS16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
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 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Reg. season avg9.7Last 3 playoff games

9.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 26.1 in the regular season (72 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Reg. season avg46.0Today

46 minutes today, against 27.6 a game in the regular season (81 games). Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · CLE @ TOR · R2 · G4

Cleveland closes out Toronto in four

Cleveland won Game 4, 109–102, to take the conference semifinals series 4–0. LeBron James led Cleveland with 35 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · CLE vs TOR
G1 · @ CLECLE116–105G2 · @ CLECLE125–103G3 · @ TORCLE115–94G4 · @ TORCLE109–102Game by game through May 7, winner and final score. Pink = CLE win.
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: 27, 32, 32, 25, 41, 33, 35, 39, 35, 35CLE @ TOR · W
34.4 PPG playoffs to date · +0.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 12, 32, 27, 31, 27, 14, 11, 29WAS vs BOS · W
23.6 PPG playoffs to date · +6.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 35, 44, 16, 34, 20, 13, 43, 28HOU vs SAS · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date · −2.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 29, 22, 20, 42, 20, 40, 24, 27WAS vs BOS · W
28.8 PPG playoffs to date · −2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 45, 23, 37, 13, 28, 24, 22, 16, 27CLE @ TOR · W
23.8 PPG playoffs to date · +3.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 6, 10, 19, 7, 15, 16, 12, 23TOR vs CLE · L
14.3 PPG playoffs to date · +9.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST