FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, June 2, 2021Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G5
WAS112
PHI129
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +17
Final · R1 · G5
ATL103
NYK89
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +14
Final · R1 · G5
MEM110
UTA126
Q1 UTA +20; Q2 UTA +24; Q3 UTA +30; Q4 UTA +16
Final · R1 · G5
DAL105
LAC100
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +5
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 5 · DAL @ LAC

Luka Doncic scores 42 as Dallas beats Clippers

Dallas won 105–100. Luka Doncic: 42 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists. First round series: Dallas 3, Clippers 2.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+2+14+5DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL35213316105
LAC28262125100
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 33, 20, 18, 31, 39, 44, 19, 42DAL42 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 25, 19, 27, 7, 15, 21, 28, 12, 4, 20DAL20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 18, 16, 20, 23, 28, 29, 20, 23LAC23 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 29, 20, 16, 26, 41, 36, 29, 20LAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
17.2Reg. season avg25.0Last 3 playoff games

25.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 17.2 in the regular season (67 games). Today: 27 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Reg. season avg5.0Last 2 playoff games

5.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 23.9 in the regular season (59 games). Today: 2 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.3Reg. season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 28.3 a game in the regular season (70 games). Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ATL @ NYK · R1 · G5

Atlanta finishes off New York, wins the series 4–1

103–89 in Game 5 of the first round. Trae Young led Atlanta with 36 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs NYK
G1 · @ NYKATL107–105G2 · @ NYKNYK101–92G3 · @ ATLATL105–94G4 · @ ATLATL113–96G5 · @ NYKATL103–89Game by game through Jun 2, winner and final score. Pink = ATL win.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 42

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 33, 20, 18, 31, 39, 44, 19, 42DAL @ LAC · W
35.0 PPG playoffs to date · +8.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, May 3, 2018: 43 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
42 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 30, 36, 33, 18, 10, 32, 30, 21, 27, 36ATL @ NYK · W
29.2 PPG playoffs to date · +8.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 50, 25, 22, 25, 33, 33, 25, 27, 32WAS @ PHI · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date · +2.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 41, 37, 42, 42, 22, 22, 25, 29, 30, 30UTA vs MEM · W
28.5 PPG playoffs to date · +2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Seth CurryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 10, 8, 20, 15, 9, 15, 10, 30PHI vs WAS · W
15.8 PPG playoffs to date · +17.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 27, 21, 9, 37, 19, 20, 21, 28PHI vs WAS · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date · +3.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST