FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, May 5, 2001Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G1
DAL78
SAS94
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +16
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 · 1999–00May 5, 2000: 2 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs SAC), 32 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 1 · DAL @ SAS

Tim Duncan posts 31 and 13 as San Antonio beats Dallas

31 points and 13 rebounds in a 94–78 win. Conference semifinals series: San Antonio 1, Dallas 0.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+13+23+16SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL1123192578
SAS1631291894
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 42, 11, 18, 9, 33, 18, 15, 24, 31SAS31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 7, 8, 5, 4, 2, 3, 16, 13SAS13 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 21, 24, 26, 32, 8, 20, 33, 17DAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 9, 9, 6, 0, 7, 2, 0, 16DAL16 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Reg. season avg19.7Last 3 playoff games

19.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 29.6 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Cooling off
−7.0points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.0Reg. season avg11.0Last 3 playoff games

11.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 18.0 in the regular season (81 games). Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Rebounding up
+5.4rebounds, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Rebounds per game
8.6Reg. season avg14.0Last 3 playoff games

14.0 rebounds a game over his last three playoff games, against 8.6 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 11 points in 26 minutes.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 31

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 42, 11, 18, 9, 33, 18, 15, 24, 31SAS vs DAL · W
24.2 PPG playoffs to date · +8.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 21, 24, 26, 32, 8, 20, 33, 17DAL @ SAS · L
22.7 PPG playoffs to date · −6.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 9, 9, 6, 0, 7, 2, 0, 16DAL @ SAS · L
5.0 PPG playoffs to date · +13.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 15, 7, 8, 5, 4, 2, 3, 16, 13SAS vs DAL · W
7.6 PPG playoffs to date · +6.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
13 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 9, 25, 12, 11, 16, 22, 21, 11SAS vs DAL · W
16.2 PPG playoffs to date · −6.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
11 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 14, 15, 20, 15, 33, 33, 18, 9DAL @ SAS · L
21.3 PPG playoffs to date · −14.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
9 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST