FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 28, 2002Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G3
BOS103
PHI108
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +5
Final · R1 · G3
DAL115
MIN102
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +13
Final · R1 · G3
LAL92
POR91
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +1
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 28, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs MIL), 42 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · LAL @ POR

Lakers take Game 3, lead Portland 3–0

92–91 in Portland. The first round series continues. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final00+90+1LAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL1931172592
POR1922262491
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 22, 28, 23, 19, 21, 34, 19, 25LAL25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 40, 22, 32, 36, 41, 21, 25, 31, 21LAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 16, 22, 14, 25, 4, 25, 31, 20POR20 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 26, 18, 29, 33, 10, 8, 10, 19POR19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · BOS @ PHI · R1 · G3

Philadelphia keeps Boston at arm's length

The Celtics never led at a quarter break. Philadelphia won by 5. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 42 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · BOS vs PHI
G1 · @ BOSBOS92–82G2 · @ BOSBOS93–85G3 · @ PHIPHI108–103Game by game through Apr 28, winner and final score. Pink = PHI win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
23.4Reg. season avg33.3Last 3 playoff games

33.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 23.4 in the regular season (76 games). Today: 39 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Reg. season avg10.0Last 2 playoff games

10.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 23.0 in the regular season (63 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Reg. season avg44.4Today

44 minutes today, against 28.7 a game in the regular season (82 games). Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 42

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 35, 32, 39, 33, 38, 22, 20, 29, 42PHI vs BOS · W
30.3 PPG playoffs to date
42 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 26, 10, 24, 6, 30, 31, 39DAL @ MIN · W
33.3 PPG playoffs to date
39 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 25, 29, 20, 35, 10, 16, 28, 30DAL @ MIN · W
24.7 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 24, 15, 20, 31, 17, 31, 25, 29BOS @ PHI · L
28.3 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 18, 33, 21, 26, 13, 20, 24, 27BOS @ PHI · L
23.7 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 16, 10, 21, 2, 3, 21, 17, 25DAL @ MIN · W
21.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST