FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 23, 2021Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed UTA by 7 after the first quarter and won 112–109.

Final · R1 · G1
WAS118
PHI125
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +7
Final · R1 · G1
LAL90
PHX99
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +9
Final · R1 · G1
ATL107
NYK105
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +2
Final · R1 · G1
MEM112
UTA109
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +3
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 · MEM @ UTA

Dillon Brooks scores 31 as Memphis wins in Utah

Final: 112–109. Dillon Brooks made 13 of 26 shots from the field. First round series: Memphis 1, Utah 0.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-7+6+9+3MEM AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM17323429112
UTA24193135109
Who led
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 23, 22, 30, 18, 24, 14, 31MEM31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 12, 12, 24, 12, 16, 20, 35, 26MEM26 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 24, 48, 20, 27, 12, 22, 18, 29UTA29 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 10, 14, 11, 18, 26, 10, 11, 22UTA22 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK · R1 · G1

Atlanta draws first blood against New York

Atlanta won Game 1 of the first round, 107–105. Trae Young led Atlanta with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs NYK
G1 · @ NYKATL107–105Game by game through May 23, winner and final score. Pink = ATL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+17.5points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
19.5Reg. season avg37Today

37 points today in 37 minutes, against 19.5 a game in the regular season (62 games).

Stepped-up role
+12.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Reg. season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in the regular season (50 games). Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Cooling off
−12.9points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.9Reg. season avg0Today

0 points today in 19 minutes, against 12.9 a game in the regular season (68 games).

Top performances

Tobias Harris 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.
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 21, 15, 17, 18, 27, 21, 9, 37PHI vs WAS · W
37.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 31, 30, 16, 21, 34, 18, 27, 34PHX vs LAL · W
34.0 PPG playoffs to date
34 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 29, 26, 42, 28, 50, 25, 22, 25, 33WAS @ PHI · L
33.0 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 21, 16, 30, 36, 33, 18, 10, 32ATL @ NYK · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Dillon BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 14, 23, 22, 30, 18, 24, 14, 31MEM @ UTA · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 34, 13, 34, 37, 29, 6, 13, 30PHI vs WAS · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST