FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 24, 2005Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed WAS by 5 after three quarters and won 103–94.

Final · R1 · G1
NJN98
MIA116
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +18
Final · R1 · G1
WAS94
CHI103
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +9
Final · R1 · G1
DEN93
SAS87
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +6
Final · R1 · G1
MEM103
PHX114
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +11
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 · 2003–04Apr 24, 2004: 4 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (MIN @ DEN), 25 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · WAS @ CHI

Ben Gordon scores 30 in Chicago win over Washington

Final: 103–94. Ben Gordon added 3 rebounds and 2 assists. First round series: Chicago 1, Washington 0.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-2+1-5+9CHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2626301294
CHI24292426103
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 6, 14, 21, 17, 16, 16, 9, 30CHI30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 6, 16, 12, 17, 19, 6, 13, 25CHI25 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 23, 23, 23, 31, 28, 18, 16, 31WAS31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 30, 14, 32, 19, 21, 26, 14, 2, 14WAS14 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+18.4points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
11.6Reg. season avg30Today

30 points today in 38 minutes, against 11.6 a game in the regular season (82 games).

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Reg. season avg47.2Today

47 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in the regular season (81 games). Line: 25 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists.

Cooling off
−17.0points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
26.0Reg. season avg9Today

9 points today in 31 minutes, against 26.0 a game in the regular season (80 games).

Second story · DEN @ SAS · R1 · G1

Denver beats San Antonio by 6, moves within three of advancing

Game 1: 93–87. Series: 1–0. Andre Miller led Denver with 31 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · DEN vs SAS
G1 · @ SASDEN93–87Game by game through Apr 24, winner and final score. Pink = DEN win.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 32

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 33, 39, 16, 5, 48, 17, 13, 14, 32MIA vs NJN · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 14, 10, 10, 15, 12, 17, 2, 31DEN @ SAS · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 23, 23, 23, 31, 28, 18, 16, 31WAS @ CHI · L
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Damon JonesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 14, 5, 18, 3, 16, 9, 3, 30MIA vs NJN · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 6, 14, 21, 17, 16, 16, 9, 30CHI vs WAS · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 32, 45, 22, 39, 43, 26, 37, 27NJN @ MIA · L
27.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST