FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 15, 2024Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G5 · Box score
Cavs98
Celtics113
Q1 Celtics 0; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +15
Final · R2 · G5 · Box score
Mavs104
Thunder92
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +12
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 5 · Mavs-Thunder

Luka Doncic posts 31-10-11 as Dallas tops OKC

Jayson Tatum goes for 25 points

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+10+12+12DAL AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs24302525104
Thunder2222232592
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 29, 35, 28, 19, 29, 22, 18, 31DAL31 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Derrick Jones Jr.Points, last 10 games: 10, 11, 14, 12, 6, 7, 9, 3, 17, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 33, 24, 24, 29, 33, 31, 34, 30OKC30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 26, 6, 14, 19, 11, 13, 18, 13OKC13 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Cavs-Celtics · R2 · G5

Boston closes out Cleveland in five

Boston won Game 5, 113–98, to take the conference semifinals series 4–1. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

Series tracker · Cavs-Celtics
G1 · @ BOSBOS120–95G2 · @ BOSCLE118–94G3 · @ CLEBOS106–93G4 · @ CLEBOS109–102G5 · @ BOSBOS113–98
Lead changes
Cavs-Celtics7
Mavs-Thunder2
The night in charts
Cavs-Celtics combined for 211, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-CelticsCavs 98, Celtics 113
211
Mavs-ThunderMavs 104, Thunder 92
196
DAL won the closest game by 12
Closest finishes
Mavs-ThunderMavs 104, Thunder 92
+12 DAL
Cavs-CelticsCavs 98, Celtics 113
+15 BOS
Marcus Morris shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Marcus MorrisCLE · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
MobleyCLE · 33 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
63% (15-24)
TatumBOS · 25 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 4 STL
56% (9-16)
SGAOKC · 30 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB, 2 STL
55% (12-22)
LukaDAL · 31 PTS, 11 AST, 10 REB, 1 BLK
55% (12-22)
Final · Mavs-Thunder
Mavs 104Thunder 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs24302525104
Thunder2222232592
The story
Derrick Jones Jr. had 19 points as Dallas beat Oklahoma City 104-92

Jalen Williams led Oklahoma City with 12 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST · 7-9 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks won the second 30-22, their biggest quarter edge.

DAL lead by quarter
200 +2+10+12+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Celtics
Cavs 98Celtics 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2824262098
Celtics28302728113
The story
Al Horford's 22 points and 15 rebounds carried Boston past Cleveland, 113-98

For Cleveland, Marcus Morris had 25 PTS, 3 REB 22 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST, 3 BLK · 8-15 FG, 6-13 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 28-20, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 0+6+7+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.7Reg. season avg23.0Last 3 playoff games

23.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.7 in the regular season (50 games). Today: 33 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Reg. season avg12.0Last 3 playoff games

12.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.1 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 11 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Reg. season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in the regular season (49 games). Line: 25 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Evan Mobley leads the day with 33

Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 14, 3, 11, 17, 21, 17, 19, 33Cavs-Celtics · L
16.0 PPG playoffs to date · +18.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 29, 35, 28, 19, 29, 22, 18, 31Mavs-Thunder · W
27.1 PPG playoffs to date · +4.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James MIA, Jan 23, 2013: 31 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
31 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 33, 24, 24, 29, 33, 31, 34, 30Thunder-Mavs · L
29.6 PPG playoffs to date · +0.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jayson TatumPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 22, 20, 16, 18, 25, 33, 33, 25Celtics-Cavs · W
24.3 PPG playoffs to date · +0.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Marcus MorrisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 4, 12, 2, 0, 3, 4, 0, 25Cavs-Celtics · L
6.1 PPG playoffs to date · +21.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 9, 7, 8, 7, 11, 2, 6, 22Celtics-Cavs · W
8.8 PPG playoffs to date · +14.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST