FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 24, 2018Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G5
MIL87
BOS92
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +5
Final · R1 · G5
MIA91
PHI104
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +13
Final · R1 · G5
SAS91
GSW99
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +8
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 · 2016–17Apr 24, 2017: 3 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ POR), 37 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · MIL @ BOS

Boston goes up 3–2 on Milwaukee

Game 5 went to the Celtics, 92–87. Al Horford led Boston with 22 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+11+11+5BOS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1522242687
BOS2325242092
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 16, 16, 10, 24, 16, 16, 13, 22BOS22 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Terry RozierPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 7, 10, 8, 23, 23, 9, 10, 16BOS16 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 22, 18, 4, 31, 25, 23, 23, 23MIL23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jabari ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 16, 16, 25, 2, 0, 17, 16, 17MIL17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ GSW · R1 · G5

Golden State never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 99–91. Kevin Durant led Golden State with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · SAS vs GSW
G1 · @ GSWGSW113–92G2 · @ GSWGSW116–101G3 · @ SASGSW110–97G4 · @ SASSAS103–90G5 · @ GSWGSW99–91Game by game through Apr 24, winner and final score. Pink = GSW win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+5.2points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
14.5Reg. season avg19.7Last 3 playoff games

19.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 14.5 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 14 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Reg. season avg9.2Last 3 playoff games

9.2 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.5 in the regular season (76 games). Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Reg. season avg31.1Today

31 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in the regular season (73 games). Line: 5 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 30

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 28, 15, 11, 14, 34, 18, 22, 30SAS @ GSW · L
23.6 PPG playoffs to date · +8.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 28, 18, 28, 28, 11, 10, 24, 27PHI vs MIA · W
20.0 PPG playoffs to date · +8.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 27, 41, 17, 13, 24, 32, 26, 34, 25GSW vs SAS · W
28.2 PPG playoffs to date · −4.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 18, 34, 23, 27, 31, 19, 12, 24GSW vs SAS · W
22.6 PPG playoffs to date · +1.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 22, 18, 4, 31, 25, 23, 23, 23MIL @ BOS · L
25.0 PPG playoffs to date · −2.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 16, 16, 10, 24, 16, 16, 13, 22BOS vs MIL · W
18.2 PPG playoffs to date · +4.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST