FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, May 31, 2002Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed BOS by 10 at halftime and won 96–88.

Final · CF · G6
NJN96
BOS88
Q1 NJN -7; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +8
Final · CF · G6
SAC102
LAL106
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · Conference finals · Game 6 · NJN @ BOS

New Jersey closes out Boston in six

New Jersey won Game 6, 96–88, to take the conference finals series 4–2. Kenyon Martin led New Jersey with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-10+1+8NJN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2123262696
BOS2826151988
Who led
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 13, 14, 9, 22, 12, 8, 19, 16NJN16 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 24, 23, 18, 23, 12, 19, 18, 15NJN15 PTS · 13 REB · 13 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 7, 17, 12, 12, 15, 11, 8, 18BOS18 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 30, 16, 27, 26, 23, 30, 13, 16BOS16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
13.7Reg. season avg22.3Last 3 playoff games

22.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 13.7 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
37.3Reg. season avg20.9Last 3 playoff games

20.9 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 37.3 in the regular season (71 games). Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Reg. season avg43.3Today

43 minutes today, against 26.5 a game in the regular season (81 games). Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · SAC @ LAL · CF · G6

Lakers pull level with Sacramento

Game 6 to Lakers, 106–102. The conference finals series is tied 3–3. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 41 points, 17 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · SAC vs LAL
G1 · @ SACLAL106–99G2 · @ SACSAC96–90G3 · @ LALSAC103–90G4 · @ LALLAL100–99G5 · @ SACSAC92–91G6 · @ LALLAL106–102Game by game through May 31, winner and final score. Pink = LAL win.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 41

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: 19, 22, 22, 21, 26, 35, 20, 27, 28, 41LAL vs SAC · W
25.8 PPG playoffs to date · +16.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
41 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 28, 26, 30, 22, 22, 25, 30, 31LAL vs SAC · W
26.4 PPG playoffs to date · +5.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 30, 23, 28, 21, 26, 20, 29, 26SAC @ LAL · L
23.9 PPG playoffs to date · +2.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 24, 23, 19, 20, 24, 21, 23, 23SAC @ LAL · L
19.7 PPG playoffs to date · +3.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kenny AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 7, 17, 12, 12, 15, 11, 8, 18BOS vs NJN · L
12.0 PPG playoffs to date · +6.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 30, 16, 27, 26, 23, 30, 13, 16BOS vs NJN · L
22.1 PPG playoffs to date · −6.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST