FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, August 19, 2020Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by BOS (vs PHI) and TOR (vs BKN).

Final · R1 · G2
BKN99
TOR104
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +5
Final · R1 · G2
UTA124
DEN105
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +19
Final · R1 · G2
PHI101
BOS128
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +27
Final · R1 · G2
DAL127
LAC114
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +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
The lead · First round · Game 2 · BKN @ TOR

Toronto beats Brooklyn by 5, moves within two of advancing

Game 2: 104–99. Series: 2–0. Fred VanVleet led Toronto with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-3-6+5TOR AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BKN3320271999
TOR29212430104
Who led
Fred VanVleetPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 13, 36, 21, 13, 14, 10, 30, 24TOR24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 14, 11, 16, 21, 17, 15, 6, 24TOR24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Garrett TemplePoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 9, 19, 0, 12, 19, 15, 12, 21BKN21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Timothe Luwawu-CabarrotPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 26, 4, 10, 3, 24, 19, 26, 17BKN17 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+19.5points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
24.0Reg. season avg43.5Last 2 playoff games

43.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 24.0 in the regular season (69 games). Today: 30 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Reg. season avg13.0Last 2 playoff games

13.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 27.4 in the regular season (53 games). Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Reg. season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in the regular season (47 games). Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · PHI @ BOS · R1 · G2

Boston goes up 2–0 on Philadelphia

Game 2 went to the Celtics, 128–101. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · PHI vs BOS
G1 · @ BOSBOS109–101G2 · @ BOSBOS128–101Game by game through Aug 19, winner and final score. Pink = BOS win.
Top performances

Kawhi Leonard leads the day with 35

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: 27, 23, 28, 24, 27, 29, 39, 26, 29, 35LAC vs DAL · L
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
35 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 30, 41, 27, 29, 23, 2, 5, 14, 26, 34PHI @ BOS · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 30, 5, 34, 23, 19, 18, 29, 29, 32, 33BOS vs PHI · W
32.5 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 20, 13, 33, 18, 35, 11, 57, 30UTA @ DEN · W
43.5 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 25, 8, 30, 12, 17, 2, 29, 28DEN vs UTA · L
28.5 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 40, 34, 29, 36, 25, 18, 42, 28DAL @ LAC · W
35.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST