FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, May 11, 2001Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G3
PHI78
TOR102
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +24
Final · R2 · G3
LAL103
SAC81
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +22
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 11, 2000: 1 game. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs POR), 28 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 3 · LAL @ SAC

Kobe Bryant scores 36 as Lakers win in Sacramento

Final: 103–81. Kobe Bryant made 10 of 22 shots from the field. Conference semifinals series: Lakers 3, Sacramento 0.

Game flow · LAL 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+10+9+11+22LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL29171938103
SAC1918172781
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 25, 26, 28, 25, 22, 29, 27, 36LAL36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 33, 33, 24, 32, 25, 44, 43, 21LAL21 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 6, 27, 16, 23, 15, 34, 22, 28SAC28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 11, 13, 22, 21, 37, 20, 20, 14SAC14 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
27.6Reg. season avg37.7Last 3 playoff games

37.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 27.6 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 50 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.6minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Reg. season avg3.0Last 3 playoff games

3.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.6 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 3 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Reg. season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in the regular season (77 games). Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · PHI @ TOR · R2 · G3

Toronto wins Game 3 over Philadelphia, 102–78

Conference semifinals series: Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1. Vince Carter led Toronto with 50 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Series tracker · PHI vs TOR
G1 · @ PHITOR96–93G2 · @ PHIPHI97–92G3 · @ TORTOR102–78Game by game through May 11, winner and final score. Pink = TOR win.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 50

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 13, 22, 20, 32, 27, 35, 28, 50TOR vs PHI · W
28.4 PPG playoffs to date · +24.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 25, 26, 28, 25, 22, 29, 27, 36LAL @ SAC · W
27.8 PPG playoffs to date · +9.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 6, 27, 16, 23, 15, 34, 22, 28SAC vs LAL · L
23.6 PPG playoffs to date · +5.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 12, 27, 16, 45, 32, 33, 36, 54, 23PHI @ TOR · L
34.1 PPG playoffs to date · −13.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 33, 33, 24, 32, 25, 44, 43, 21LAL @ SAC · W
31.5 PPG playoffs to date · −12.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 19, 15, 21, 10, 14, 10, 19, 20TOR vs PHI · W
16.0 PPG playoffs to date · +4.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST