FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, May 8, 2003Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT · R2 · G2
PHI97
DET104
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +7
Final · R2 · G2
SAC110
DAL132
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +28; Q4 DAL +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 · 2001–02May 8, 2002: 1 game. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET vs BOS), 25 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 2 · PHI @ DET

Detroit goes up 2–0 on Philadelphia

Game 2 went to the Pistons, 104–97. Chucky Atkins led Detroit with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5+800+7DET AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHI25192721597
DET3022192112104
Who led
Chucky AtkinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 4, 8, 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 23DET23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 28, 30, 22, 5, 24, 22, 22, 25, 23DET23 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 35, 55, 29, 28, 22, 30, 45, 27, 31PHI31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 4, 17, 12, 11, 12, 10, 2, 15PHI15 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+14.8points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.5Reg. season avg27.3Last 3 playoff games

27.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 12.5 in the regular season (73 games). Today: 36 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Reg. season avg8.0Last 3 playoff games

8.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.2 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
11.1Reg. season avg38.9Today

39 minutes today, against 11.1 a game in the regular season (39 games). Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · SAC @ DAL · R2 · G2

Dallas evens the series with Sacramento at 1–1

Dallas won Game 2, 132–110, in the conference semifinals. Nick Van Exel led Dallas with 36 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · SAC vs DAL
G1 · @ DALSAC124–113G2 · @ DALDAL132–110Game by game through May 8, winner and final score. Pink = DAL win.
Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 36

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 12, 14, 18, 25, 4, 26, 20, 36DAL vs SAC · W
18.1 PPG playoffs to date · +20.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 35, 55, 29, 28, 22, 30, 45, 27, 31PHI @ DET · L
33.4 PPG playoffs to date · −2.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 15, 27, 8, 24, 26, 26, 24, 31SAC @ DAL · L
23.7 PPG playoffs to date · +8.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 46, 25, 42, 26, 35, 4, 31, 18, 24DAL vs SAC · W
27.9 PPG playoffs to date · −4.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 17, 10, 7, 15, 20, 14, 20, 24DAL vs SAC · W
15.6 PPG playoffs to date · +9.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 11, 16, 29, 19, 27, 22, 26, 24SAC @ DAL · L
23.3 PPG playoffs to date · +0.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST