FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 11, 2003Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 7 at halftime and won 99–95.

Final · R2 · G4
SAS95
LAL99
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +4
Final · R2 · G4
DET82
PHI95
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +13
Final · R2 · G4
DAL83
SAC99
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +16
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 11, 2002: 1 game. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs SAC), 31 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 4 · SAS @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 35 in Lakers win over San Antonio

Final: 99–95. Kobe Bryant added 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Conference semifinals series: Lakers 2, San Antonio 2. Tim Duncan scored 36 for San Antonio in the loss.

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 Q3Final0-5-7+4+4LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2422212895
LAL1920322899
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 30, 32, 32, 31, 37, 27, 39, 35LAL35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 28, 34, 27, 24, 24, 27, 21, 29LAL29 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 11, 24, 23, 15, 28, 12, 28, 36SAS36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 20, 2, 8, 21, 0, 10, 9, 15SAS15 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+14.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.5Reg. season avg27.0Last 3 playoff games

27.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 12.5 in the regular season (73 games). Today: 5 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Reg. season avg7.7Last 3 playoff games

7.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.2 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 7 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Reg. season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · DET @ PHI · R2 · G4

Philadelphia controls Detroit start to finish

Philadelphia won 95–82, leading by as many as 13 at a break. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 36 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Series tracker · DET vs PHI
G1 · @ DETDET98–87G2 · @ DETDET104–97G3 · @ PHIPHI93–83G4 · @ PHIPHI95–82Game by game through May 11, winner and final score. Pink = PHI win.
Top performances

Allen Iverson 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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 55, 29, 28, 22, 30, 45, 27, 31, 25, 36PHI vs DET · W
32.8 PPG playoffs to date · +3.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 11, 24, 23, 15, 28, 12, 28, 36SAS @ LAL · L
21.6 PPG playoffs to date · +16.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 30, 32, 32, 31, 37, 27, 39, 35LAL vs SAS · W
32.9 PPG playoffs to date · +2.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 5, 24, 22, 22, 25, 23, 24, 30DET @ PHI · L
23.2 PPG playoffs to date · +7.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 28, 34, 27, 24, 24, 27, 21, 29LAL vs SAS · W
27.3 PPG playoffs to date · +1.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 6, 5, 17SAC vs DAL · W
5.3 PPG playoffs to date · +13.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST