FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 25, 2002Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G2
PHI85
BOS93
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +8
Final · R1 · G2
POR96
LAL103
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +7
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 · 2000–01Apr 25, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ MIL), 35 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · POR @ LAL

Lakers go up 2–0 on Portland

Game 2 went to the Lakers, 103–96. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 31 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+14+14+7LAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1819263396
LAL27242626103
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 40, 22, 32, 36, 41, 21, 25, 31LAL31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 19, 22, 28, 23, 19, 21, 34, 19LAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 5, 16, 22, 14, 25, 4, 25, 31POR31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 16, 10, 10, 11, 14, 2, 11, 20POR20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · PHI @ BOS · R1 · G2

Boston never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 93–85. Paul Pierce led Boston with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · PHI vs BOS
G1 · @ BOSBOS92–82G2 · @ BOSBOS93–85Game by game through Apr 25, winner and final score. Pink = BOS win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
19.3Reg. season avg28.0Last 2 playoff games

28.0 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 19.3 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Reg. season avg11.0Last 2 playoff games

11.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 21.0 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Reg. season avg28.8Today

29 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in the regular season (53 games). Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal 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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 40, 22, 32, 36, 41, 21, 25, 31LAL vs POR · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 5, 16, 22, 14, 25, 4, 25, 31POR @ LAL · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 28, 35, 32, 39, 33, 38, 22, 20, 29PHI @ BOS · L
24.5 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 32, 24, 15, 20, 31, 17, 31, 25BOS vs PHI · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 20, 18, 33, 21, 26, 13, 20, 24BOS vs PHI · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 16, 10, 10, 11, 14, 2, 11, 20POR @ LAL · L
15.5 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST