FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 25, 2004Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed BOS by 4 after the first quarter and won 90–75.

Final · R1 · G4
IND90
BOS75
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +15
Final · OT · R1 · G4
LAL92
HOU88
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
Final · R1 · G4
NJN100
NYK94
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +6
Final · R1 · G4
SAS110
MEM97
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +13
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 · 2002–03Apr 25, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ POR), 42 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · IND @ BOS

Indiana closes out Boston in four

Indiana won Game 4, 90–75, to take the first round series 4–0. Metta World Peace led Indiana with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+8+18+15IND AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2125242090
BOS2513142375
Who led
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 16, 26, 19, 24, 10, 24, 15, 22IND22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 22, 20, 28, 19, 24, 22, 14, 18IND18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 17, 31, 16, 19, 20, 27, 9, 27BOS27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Mark BlountPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 10, 22, 10, 27, 6, 10, 11, 21BOS21 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ HOU · R1 · G4

Lakers beat Houston by 4, move within one of advancing

Game 4: 92–88. Series: 3–1. Karl Malone led Lakers with 30 points, 13 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · LAL vs HOU
G1 · @ LALLAL72–71G2 · @ LALLAL98–84G3 · @ HOUHOU102–91G4 · @ HOULAL92–88Game by game through Apr 25, winner and final score. Pink = LAL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
14.7Reg. season avg24.7Last 3 playoff games

24.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 14.7 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Reg. season avg9.3Last 3 playoff games

9.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 21.2 in the regular season (68 games). Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Reg. season avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in the regular season (56 games). Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kenyon Martin 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.
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 14, 15, 11, 8, 16, 22, 19, 36NJN @ NYK · W
23.2 PPG playoffs to date · +17.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 20, 4, 2, 27, 13, 23, 18, 31NYK vs NJN · L
21.2 PPG playoffs to date · +13.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 12, 13, 10, 4, 7, 17, 18, 30LAL @ HOU · W
18.0 PPG playoffs to date · +16.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 5, 14, 22, 11, 10, 27, 18, 29SAS @ MEM · W
21.0 PPG playoffs to date · +10.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 17, 31, 16, 19, 20, 27, 9, 27BOS vs IND · L
20.8 PPG playoffs to date · +8.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 21, 26, 14, 23, 26, 23, 22, 26SAS @ MEM · W
24.2 PPG playoffs to date · +2.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST