FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 30, 2024Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed IND by 8 after the first quarter and won 115–92.

Final · OT · R1 · G5
PHI112
NYK106
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +6
Final · R1 · G5
ORL103
CLE104
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +1
Final · R1 · G5
IND92
MIL115
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +23
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 30, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW @ SAC), 50 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · IND @ MIL

Milwaukee avoids elimination, forces Game 6

115–92 over Indiana. The first round series is 3–2. Khris Middleton led Milwaukee with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+5+20+23MIL AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND3117192592
MIL23303428115
Who led
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 12, 18, 17, 23, 15, 42, 25, 29MIL29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 30, 4, 17, 15, 14, 17, 4, 29MIL29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tyrese HaliburtonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 30, 19, 12, 9, 12, 18, 24, 16IND16 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 16, 17, 31, 17, 22, 29, 29, 13IND13 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+16.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.1Reg. season avg32.0Last 3 playoff games

32.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.1 in the regular season (55 games). Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Reg. season avg14.0Last 3 playoff games

14.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.4 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Reg. season avg53Today

53 minutes today, against 33.4 a game in the regular season (81 games). Line: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · PHI @ NYK · R1 · G5

Philadelphia gets one back against New York

Game 5: 112–106. New York leads the first round series 3–2. Tyrese Maxey led Philadelphia with 46 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Series tracker · PHI vs NYK
G1 · @ NYKNYK111–104G2 · @ NYKNYK104–101G3 · @ PHIPHI125–114G4 · @ PHINYK97–92G5 · @ NYKPHI112–106Game by game through Apr 30, winner and final score. Pink = PHI win.
Top performances

Tyrese Maxey leads the day with 46

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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 52, 28, 26, 19, 33, 35, 25, 23, 46PHI @ NYK · W
32.4 PPG playoffs to date · +17.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Nov 24, 2006: 46 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
46 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 43, 45, 39, 30, 40, 22, 24, 39, 47, 40NYK vs PHI · L
34.4 PPG playoffs to date · +7.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Jan 6, 2017: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 20, 22, 26, 24, 21, 31, 9, 39ORL @ CLE · L
24.8 PPG playoffs to date · +17.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 12, 18, 17, 23, 15, 42, 25, 29MIL vs IND · W
26.8 PPG playoffs to date · +2.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Bobby PortisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 30, 4, 17, 15, 14, 17, 4, 29MIL vs IND · W
15.8 PPG playoffs to date · +16.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 10, 29, 33, 30, 23, 13, 18, 28CLE vs ORL · W
22.4 PPG playoffs to date · +7.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST