FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, May 2, 2000Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 7 after three quarters and won 85–77.

Final · R1 · G4
POR85
MIN77
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +8
Final · R1 · G4
SAS78
PHX89
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +11
Final · R1 · G4
LAL88
SAC101
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +13
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 · 1998–99May 2, 1999: 9 games. Top scorer: Grant Hill (DET vs PHI), 35 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · POR @ MIN

Portland goes up 3–1 on Minnesota

Game 4 went to the Trail Blazers, 85–77. Arvydas Sabonis led Portland with 15 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-4-7+8POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1818212885
MIN2218241377
Who led
Arvydas SabonisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 10, 13, 10, 12, 5, 19, 17, 15POR15 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 27, 18, 14, 12, 15, 9, 15, 15POR15 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 18, 20, 15, 13, 12, 23, 23, 17MIN17 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Terrell BrandonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 8, 20, 18, 21, 17, 20, 28, 13MIN13 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ PHX · R1 · G4

Phoenix tops San Antonio in Phoenix

Final: 89–78. Rodney Rogers led Phoenix with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · SAS vs PHX
G1 · @ SASPHX72–70G2 · @ SASSAS85–70G3 · @ PHXPHX101–94G4 · @ PHXPHX89–78Game by game through May 2, winner and final score. Pink = PHX win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
22.5Reg. season avg33.0Last 3 playoff games

33.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.5 in the regular season (66 games). Today: 32 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Reg. season avg9.4Last 2 playoff games

9.4 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 20.9 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Reg. season avg26.6Today

27 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 9 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 32

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 31, 25, 16, 23, 23, 32, 35, 32LAL @ SAC · L
30.5 PPG playoffs to date · +2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 49, 41, 33, 38, 22, 46, 23, 21, 25LAL @ SAC · L
28.8 PPG playoffs to date · −5.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 22, 36, 21, 23, 28, 22, 29, 23SAC vs LAL · W
25.5 PPG playoffs to date · −3.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 22, 10, 8, 9, 15, 18, 15, 23PHX vs SAS · W
17.8 PPG playoffs to date · +7.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 7, 16, 20, 17, 17, 19, 17, 23PHX vs SAS · W
19.0 PPG playoffs to date · +5.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 16, 19, 27, 17, 11, 25, 37, 21SAS @ PHX · L
23.5 PPG playoffs to date · −3.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST