Get ready for Tuesday’s playoff doubleheader with five key stats to know about each matchup.
Game 5: Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks (MIA Leads 3-1), 6:30 ET, NBA League Pass
- Khris Middleton led all players in points (36) and minutes played (48) in Milwaukee’s overtime win in Game 4 to stave off elimination. This was only the second time Middleton had played over 40 minutes in a game between the regular season and playoffs in 2019-20.
- Bam Adebayo finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and shot 10-13 (76.9%) from the field. Dating back to the 1983-84 season, Adebayo is the first to reach those marks in a playoff game, and one of only 15 such performances overall. Adebayo is the first player to lose when hitting those marks since Tim Duncan in March 2003.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 19 points on 8-10 shooting in 11:29 of game time before exiting the game early in the second quarter after re-injuring his ankle. His status for Game 5 is unknown. In this series, the Bucks have outscored the Heat by 7 total points in the 78 minutes that Giannis has been off the court.
- Of the nine five-man lineups that have played at least 20 minutes together in Conference Semifinals, Miami’s quintet of Goran Dragic, Jimmy Butler, Jae Crowder, Bam Adebayo and Duncan Robinson has the highest offensive rating, scoring 122.6 points per 100 possessions over 58 minutes on court together.
- Jae Crowder leads all players in the Conference Semifinals with 51 points coming on catch-and-shoots. He is shooting 17-39 with all 39 of his catch-and-shoots coming on 3-point attempts, for an effective field goal percentage of 65.4%. Crowder’s eFG% on catch-and-shoots was 50% in the first round against Indiana and 48.1% during the regular season.
Game 3: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets (Series Tied 1-1), 9:00 ET, NBA League Pass
- LeBron James had 28 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks in the Lakers’ Game 2 win on Sunday. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, James joined Russell Westbrook (April 23, 2019) as the only players to reach those marks in a playoff game since the 1973-74 season.
- Eric Gordon has scored at least 20 points in each of his last three games. It is his longest such streak since having four straight from Dec. 27, 2018 to Jan. 19, 2019. Over his past three games, Gordon is averaging 22.7 points while shooting 51.2% FG, 48.3% 3P on 9.7 attempts per game, and 85.7% FT.
- Robert Covington is the only player in the playoffs to rank in the top five in both steals (1st, 2.4 per game) and blocks (T-5th, 1.4 per game). The 6-7 forward has been Houston’s top rim protector during the playoffs, allowing opponents to shoot 57.4% (27-47) at the basket against him.
- The Rockets shot 22-53 (41.5%) from beyond the arc in Game 2 and lost. It was Houston’s first loss in 17 games in 2019-20 (regular season and playoffs) when they shot at least 40% from 3-point range.
- Anthony Davis scored a game-high 34 points on 15-24 (62.5%) shooting in Game 2, while adding 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block in the Lakers’ win. Davis scored 16 points on 7-13 FG in 7:29 of matchup time against PJ Tucker. He had another 11 points on 5-6 shooting in 3:09 when being guarded by either Jeff Green (1:48 matchup time) or James Harden (1:21).
