FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 18, 2004Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NOH by 3 at halftime and won 81–79.

Final · R1 · G1
MIL82
DET108
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +26
Final · R1 · G1
DAL105
SAC116
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +11
Final · R1 · G1
NOH79
MIA81
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +2
Final · R1 · G1
DEN92
MIN106
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +14
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 · First round · Game 1 · NOH @ MIA

Miami draws first blood against New Orleans

Miami won Game 1 of the first round, 81–79. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+1-3+7+2MIA AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2222152079
MIA2318251581
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 7, 8, 16, 20, 17, 11, 13, 21MIA21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 18, 11, 24, 18, 13, 28, 9, 17MIA17 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 23, 20, 25, 29, 12, 14, 26, 17NOH17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 22, 17, 20, 23, 26, 21, 23, 14NOH14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+20.2points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
19.8Reg. season avg40Today

40 points today in 42 minutes, against 19.8 a game in the regular season (81 games).

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Reg. season avg41.5Today

42 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in the regular season (56 games). Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.

Cooling off
−12.1points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
14.1Reg. season avg2Today

2 points today in 20 minutes, against 14.1 a game in the regular season (72 games).

Second story · DAL @ SAC · R1 · G1

Sacramento beats Dallas by 11, moves within three of advancing

Game 1: 116–105. Series: 1–0. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · DAL vs SAC
G1 · @ SACSAC116–105Game by game through Apr 18, winner and final score. Pink = SAC win.
Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 40

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 7, 13, 36, 29, 19, 18, 17, 40MIN vs DEN · W
40.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 34, 23, 27, 10, 29, 11, 10, 32DAL @ SAC · L
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 27, 22, 14, 24, 29, 21, 26, 30MIN vs DEN · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 28, 26, 12, 19, 13, 20, 27, 28SAC vs DAL · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 19, 24, 21, 15, 25, 18, 14, 26SAC vs DAL · W
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
Ties season high26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Doug ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 17, 15, 12, 5, 21, 14, 13, 21SAC vs DAL · W
21.0 PPG playoffs to date
21 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST