FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, August 18, 2020Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed IND by 6 after the first quarter and won 113–101.

Final · R1 · G1
ORL122
MIL110
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +12
Final · R1 · G1
MIA113
IND101
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +12
Final · R1 · G1
OKC108
HOU123
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +15
Final · R1 · G1
POR100
LAL93
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · First round · Game 1 · MIA @ IND

Miami draws first blood against Indiana

Miami won Game 1 of the first round, 113–101. Jimmy Butler led Miami with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+1+12MIA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA27292532113
IND33192821101
Who led
Jimmy ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 12, 28, 9, 22, 16, 19, 7, 28MIA28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 11, 3, 13, 25, 20, 11, 16, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Malcolm BrogdonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 4, 20, 12, 25, 24, 12, 16, 22IND22 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
T.J. WarrenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 22, 53, 34, 32, 16, 39, 12, 22IND22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · POR @ LAL · R1 · G1

Portland never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–93. Damian Lillard led Portland with 34 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · POR vs LAL
G1 · @ LALPOR100–93Game by game through Aug 18, winner and final score. Pink = POR win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+15.4points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
19.6Reg. season avg35Today

35 points today in 37 minutes, against 19.6 a game in the regular season (62 games).

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Reg. season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in the regular season (42 games). Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−12.9points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.9Reg. season avg6Today

6 points today in 32 minutes, against 18.9 a game in the regular season (65 games).

Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 49, 24, 23, 39, 32, 45, 27, 37HOU vs OKC · W
37.0 PPG playoffs to date
37 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 23, 24, 12, 21, 26, 12, 23, 35ORL @ MIL · W
35.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high35 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 21, 45, 22, 51, 61, 42, 31, 34POR @ LAL · W
34.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 32, 36, 36, 16, 33, 34, 12, 31MIL vs ORL · L
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 17 REB · 7 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 20, 19, 12, 20, 14, 3, 29OKC @ HOU · L
29.0 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 34, 14, 42, 9, 17, 8, 27, 28LAL vs POR · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST