FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 14, 2019Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed IND by 7 at halftime and won 84–74.

Final · R1 · G1
IND74
BOS84
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +10
Final · R1 · G1
OKC99
POR104
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final · R1 · G1
DET86
MIL121
Q1 MIL +20; Q2 MIL +27; Q3 MIL +36; Q4 MIL +35
Final · R1 · G1
UTA90
HOU122
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +32
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 · 2017–18Apr 14, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP @ POR), 35 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · IND @ BOS

Boston draws first blood against Indiana

Boston won Game 1 of the first round, 84–74. Kyrie Irving led Boston with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 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 Q3Final00-7+11+10BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND202582174
BOS2018262084
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 31, 11, 30, 25, 23, 17, 23, 20BOS20 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 15, 13, 14, 7, 16, 8, 11, 13, 20BOS20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Cory JosephPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 4, 4, 6, 7, 12, 6, 14IND14 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 35, 28, 27, 22, 19, 17, 4, 13, 12IND12 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · OKC @ POR · R1 · G1

Portland never trails at a break against OKC

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 104–99. Damian Lillard led Portland with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · OKC vs POR
G1 · @ PORPOR104–99Game by game through Apr 14, winner and final score. Pink = POR win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.3points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
9.7Reg. season avg21Today

21 points today in 28 minutes, against 9.7 a game in the regular season (63 games).

Stepped-up role
+9.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Reg. season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in the regular season (67 games). Line: 20 points, 18 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−11.2points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.2Reg. season avg4Today

4 points today in 15 minutes, against 15.2 a game in the regular season (46 games).

Top performances

Damian Lillard 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.
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 11, 36, 23, 15, 20, 14, 30, 20, 30POR vs OKC · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 38, 50, 36, 31, 26, 30, 39, 29HOU vs UTA · W
29.0 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 31, 25, 27, 19, 30, 27, 27, 26OKC @ POR · L
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 33, 52, 27, 26, 19, 34, 28, 45, 30, 24MIL vs DET · W
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 27, 25, 20, 19, 27, 29, 15, 24OKC @ POR · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Clyde Drexler HOU, Jan 27, 1996: 24 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
24 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 6, 27, 25, 26, 35, 23, 10, 9, 11, 24POR vs OKC · W
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST