FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 26, 2024Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 101–90.

Final · OT · R1 · G3
MIL118
IND121
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +3
Final · R1 · G3
LAC90
DAL101
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +11
Final · R1 · G3
MIN126
PHX109
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +22; Q4 MIN +17
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2022–23Apr 26, 2023: 4 games. Top scorer: Jimmy Butler (MIA @ MIL), 42 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · LAC @ DAL

Dallas beats Clippers, 101–90

Dallas led 78–67 after three and won by 11. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

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 Q3Final0-5+13+11+11DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2318262390
DAL18362423101
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 47, 30, 25, 37, 39, 29, 33, 32, 22DAL22 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 26, 26, 48, 18, 25, 31, 23, 21DAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 6, 20, 13, 22, 4, 28, 22, 21LAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Norman PowellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 11, 18, 14, 10, 4, 5, 6, 21LAC21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.1Reg. season avg26.7Last 3 playoff games

26.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.1 in the regular season (55 games). Today: 42 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Reg. season avg6.5Last 2 playoff games

6.5 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 22.5 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Reg. season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in the regular season (73 games). Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIL @ IND · R1 · G3

Indiana takes Game 3 in overtime

Tied 111–111 after regulation, Indiana beat Milwaukee 121–118. Series: Indiana 2, Milwaukee 1. Myles Turner led Indiana with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · MIL vs IND
G1 · @ MILMIL109–94G2 · @ MILIND125–108G3 · @ INDIND121–118Game by game through Apr 26, winner and final score. Pink = IND win.
Top performances

Khris Middleton 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.
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 21, 5, 12, 18, 17, 23, 15, 42MIL @ IND · L
26.7 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady HOU, Dec 31, 2004: 42 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Season high42 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 26, 51, 25, 14, 13, 33, 15, 36MIN @ PHX · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 16, 22, 16, 17, 31, 17, 22, 29IND vs MIL · W
22.7 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 36, 23, 12, 29, 16, 35, 34, 28MIL @ IND · L
32.3 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 33, 19, 26, 20, 36, 15, 14, 28PHX vs MIN · L
19.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 23, 21, 24, 28, 15, 31, 18, 25PHX vs MIN · L
24.7 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST