FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 16, 2019Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAS by 10 at halftime and won 114–105.

Final · R1 · G2
ORL82
TOR111
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +29
Final · R1 · G2
SAS105
DEN114
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +9
Final · R1 · G2
OKC94
POR114
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +20
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 16, 2018: 2 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (SAS @ GSW), 34 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · SAS @ DEN

Denver evens the series with San Antonio at 1–1

Denver won Game 2, 114–105, in the first round. Jamal Murray led Denver with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-10-7+9DEN AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS26332323105
DEN21282639114
Who led
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 12, 17, 14, 23, 22, 17, 17, 24DEN24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Gary HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 6, 11, 6, 18, 15, 14, 20, 23DEN23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 16, 29, 11, 16, 14, 19, 18, 31SAS31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 27, 16, 16, 24, 18, 34, 15, 24SAS24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · OKC @ POR · R1 · G2

Portland beats OKC by 20, moves within two of advancing

Game 2: 114–94. Series: 2–0. CJ McCollum led Portland with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · OKC vs POR
G1 · @ PORPOR104–99G2 · @ PORPOR114–94Game by game through Apr 16, winner and final score. Pink = POR win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.9Reg. season avg21.5Last 2 playoff games

21.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 12.9 in the regular season (57 games). Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Reg. season avg8.9Last 2 playoff games

8.9 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 20.0 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.7minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
13.3Reg. season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 13.3 a game in the regular season (28 games). Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 37

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.
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 14, 15, 26, 29, 22, 20, 25, 37TOR vs ORL · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 26, 35, 23, 10, 9, 11, 24, 33POR vs OKC · W
28.5 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 16, 29, 11, 16, 14, 19, 18, 31SAS @ DEN · L
24.5 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 36, 23, 15, 20, 14, 30, 20, 30, 29POR vs OKC · W
29.5 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 25, 27, 19, 30, 27, 27, 26, 27OKC @ POR · L
26.5 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 27, 16, 16, 24, 18, 34, 15, 24SAS @ DEN · L
19.5 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST