FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, June 8, 2021Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed LAC by 13 at halftime and won 112–109.

Final · R2 · G2
ATL102
PHI118
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +16
Final · R2 · G1
LAC109
UTA112
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -13; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +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 · Conference semifinals · Game 1 · LAC @ UTA

Donovan Mitchell scores 45, Utah rallies past Clippers

Utah trailed by 13 at the half and won 112–109. Conference semifinals series: Utah 1, Clippers 0.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-130+3UTA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC25351930109
UTA18293233112
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 37, 42, 42, 22, 22, 25, 29, 30, 30, 45UTA45 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bojan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 22, 18, 29, 18, 15, 13, 17, 18UTA18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 26, 41, 36, 29, 20, 45, 28, 23LAC23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 23, 28, 29, 20, 23, 20, 22, 20LAC20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ PHI · R2 · G2

Philadelphia leads Atlanta wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 118–102. Best quarter: the third, 34–29. Joel Embiid led Philadelphia with 40 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · ATL vs PHI
G1 · @ PHIATL128–124G2 · @ PHIPHI118–102Game by game through Jun 8, winner and final score. Pink = PHI win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.5Reg. season avg24.0Last 3 playoff games

24.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 12.5 in the regular season (57 games). Today: 21 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Reg. season avg5.7Last 3 playoff games

5.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.5 in the regular season (37 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Reg. season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 29.7 a game in the regular season (44 games). Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 45

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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 37, 42, 42, 22, 22, 25, 29, 30, 30, 45UTA vs LAC · W
31.8 PPG playoffs to date · +16.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, May 27, 1996: 45 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Season high45 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 37, 29, 6, 13, 30, 22, 36, 8, 39, 40PHI vs ATL · W
29.2 PPG playoffs to date · +13.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Amar'e Stoudemire PHX, Mar 22, 2005: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 26, 41, 36, 29, 20, 45, 28, 23LAC @ UTA · L
31.0 PPG playoffs to date · −9.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 9, 37, 19, 20, 21, 28, 20, 22PHI vs ATL · W
23.9 PPG playoffs to date · −2.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Trae YoungPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 10, 32, 30, 21, 27, 36, 35, 21ATL @ PHI · L
28.9 PPG playoffs to date · −9.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 10, 7, 6, 12, 21, 1, 9, 21ATL @ PHI · L
11.0 PPG playoffs to date · +11.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST