FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 29, 2019Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G2
PHI94
TOR89
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +5
Final · R2 · G1
POR113
DEN121
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +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 · 2017–18Apr 29, 2018: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs IND), 45 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 2 · PHI @ TOR

Jimmy Butler posts 30 and 10 as Philadelphia beats Toronto

30 points and 10 rebounds in a 94–89 win. Conference semifinals series: Philadelphia 1, Toronto 1. Kawhi Leonard scored 35 for Toronto in the loss.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+13+6+5PHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2625182594
TOR1721252689
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 4, 36, 7, 16, 11, 9, 10, 30PHI30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
James Ennis IIIPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 4, 3, 6, 4, 7, 11, 11, 13PHI13 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 20, 25, 37, 16, 34, 27, 45, 35TOR35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Pascal SiakamPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 10, 24, 19, 30, 16, 24, 29, 21TOR21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · POR @ DEN · R2 · G1

Denver takes Game 1, leads Portland 1–0

121–113 in Denver. The conference semifinals series continues. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 37 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · POR vs DEN
G1 · @ DENDEN121–113Game by game through Apr 29, winner and final score. Pink = DEN win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
20.1Reg. season avg33.7Last 3 playoff games

33.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.1 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 37 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Reg. season avg10.5Last 3 playoff games

10.5 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.0 in the regular season (73 games). Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
34.2Reg. season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 34.2 a game in the regular season (79 games). Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Damian Lillard leads the day with 39

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: 20, 14, 30, 20, 30, 29, 32, 24, 50, 39POR @ DEN · L
34.0 PPG playoffs to date · +6.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 2, 29, 10, 21, 22, 29, 16, 43, 21, 37DEN vs POR · W
24.9 PPG playoffs to date · +13.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 20, 25, 37, 16, 34, 27, 45, 35TOR vs PHI · L
31.3 PPG playoffs to date · +4.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 4, 36, 7, 16, 11, 9, 10, 30PHI @ TOR · W
17.0 PPG playoffs to date · +15.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Enes KanterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 11, 22, 20, 6, 19, 8, 13, 26POR @ DEN · L
15.3 PPG playoffs to date · +12.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 17, 24, 6, 24, 23, 16, 23, 23DEN vs POR · W
19.5 PPG playoffs to date · +4.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST