FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 1, 2024Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G5
MIA84
BOS118
Q1 BOS +18; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +32; Q4 BOS +34
Final · R1 · G5
DAL123
LAC93
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +30
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 · 2022–23May 1, 2023: 2 games. Top scorer: James Harden (PHI @ BOS), 45 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · DAL @ LAC

Luka Doncic scores 35 as Dallas wins in LA

Final: 123–93. Luka Doncic made 14 of 26 shots from the field. 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+10+20+30DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL25313334123
LAC2422232493
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 37, 39, 29, 33, 32, 22, 29, 35DAL35 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Maxi KleberPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 10, 4, 6, 3, 6, 3, 3, 15DAL15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 39, 23, 10, 22, 22, 7, 33, 15LAC15 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Ivica ZubacPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 14, 17, 10, 20, 13, 19, 13, 15LAC15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.2Reg. season avg26.3Last 3 playoff games

26.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.2 in the regular season (73 games). Today: 25 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Reg. season avg9.0Last 3 playoff games

9.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.0 in the regular season (68 games). Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Reg. season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in the regular season (47 games). Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MIA @ BOS · R1 · G5

Boston leads Miami wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 118–84. Best quarter: the first, 41–23. Jaylen Brown led Boston with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · MIA vs BOS
G1 · @ BOSBOS114–94G2 · @ BOSMIA111–101G3 · @ MIABOS104–84G4 · @ MIABOS102–88G5 · @ BOSBOS118–84Game by game through May 1, winner and final score. Pink = BOS win.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 35

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: 30, 25, 37, 39, 29, 33, 32, 22, 29, 35DAL @ LAC · W
30.2 PPG playoffs to date · +6.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 26, 14, 15, 17, 33, 22, 17, 25BOS vs MIA · W
22.8 PPG playoffs to date · +2.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Derrick WhitePoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 15, 9, 2, 20, 13, 16, 38, 25BOS vs MIA · W
22.4 PPG playoffs to date · +3.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Bam AdebayoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 17, 10, 13, 24, 21, 20, 25, 23MIA @ BOS · L
22.6 PPG playoffs to date · +0.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Sam HauserPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 15, 16, 16, 12, 6, 5, 0, 17BOS vs MIA · W
8.0 PPG playoffs to date · +11.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 17, 22, 18, 23, 28, 22, 20, 16BOS vs MIA · W
21.8 PPG playoffs to date · −7.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST