FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 21, 2019Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed IND by 2 after the first quarter and won 110–106.

Final · R1 · G4
BOS110
IND106
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +4
Final · R1 · G4
GSW113
LAC105
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +8
Final · R1 · G4
TOR107
ORL85
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +22
Final · R1 · G4
POR111
OKC98
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +13
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 21, 2018: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (NOP vs POR), 47 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · BOS @ IND

Boston closes out Indiana in four

Boston won Game 4, 110–106, to take the first round series 4–0. Gordon Hayward led Boston with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-2+1+4BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS21262637110
IND23262334106
Who led
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 11, 25, 21, 16, 10, 13, 6, 20BOS20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 11, 9, 19, 16, 22, 0, 15, 26, 18, 18BOS18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 19, 17, 4, 13, 12, 23, 15, 22IND22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 13, 6, 12, 27, 8, 13, 19, 21IND21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · GSW @ LAC · R1 · G4

Golden State leads Clippers wire to wire

Golden State was ahead at every break and won 113–105. Best quarter: the first, 32–22. Kevin Durant led Golden State with 33 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · GSW vs LAC
G1 · @ GSWGSW121–104G2 · @ GSWLAC135–131G3 · @ LACGSW132–105G4 · @ LACGSW113–105Game by game through Apr 21, winner and final score. Pink = GSW win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
10.2Reg. season avg17.7Last 3 playoff games

17.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 10.2 in the regular season (69 games). Today: 21 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Reg. season avg10.7Last 3 playoff games

10.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 27.2 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Reg. season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in the regular season (60 games). Line: 15 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 34

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: 14, 15, 26, 29, 22, 20, 25, 37, 16, 34TOR @ ORL · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date · +8.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 15, 15, 16, 21, 23, 21, 38, 33GSW @ LAC · W
28.8 PPG playoffs to date · +5.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 19, 30, 27, 27, 26, 27, 22, 32OKC vs POR · L
26.8 PPG playoffs to date · +7.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 11, 11, 12, 19, 12, 17, 12, 32GSW @ LAC · W
18.2 PPG playoffs to date · +18.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 26, 35, 23, 10, 9, 11, 24, 33, 21, 27POR @ OKC · W
26.2 PPG playoffs to date · +1.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 6, 19, 10, 14, 27, 10, 20, 10, 25ORL vs TOR · L
16.2 PPG playoffs to date · +11.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST