FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 26, 2005Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed PHI by 3 after the first quarter and won 99–84.

Final · R1 · G2
PHI84
DET99
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +15
Final · R1 · G2
NJN87
MIA104
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +17
Final · R1 · G2
SAC93
SEA105
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +26; Q4 SEA +12
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 26, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (DET @ MIL), 27 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · PHI @ DET

Detroit wins Game 2 over Philadelphia, 99–84

First round series: Detroit 2, Philadelphia 0. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-3+6+12+15DET AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2313212784
DET2022273099
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 13, 17, 6, 14, 4, 19, 17, 23DET23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 28, 10, 4, 17, 5, 2, 11, 20DET20 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 48, 23, 28, 38, 43, 33, 39, 16, 30, 19PHI19 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 12, 8, 15, 21, 14, 18, 27, 15PHI15 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
4.9Reg. season avg18.0Last 2 playoff games

18.0 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 4.9 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.3minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
37.3Reg. season avg13.0Last 2 playoff games

13.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 37.3 in the regular season (56 games). Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Reg. season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 24.8 a game in the regular season (72 games). Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAC @ SEA · R1 · G2

Seattle leads Sacramento wire to wire

Seattle was ahead at every break and won 105–93. Best quarter: the third, 33–18. Ray Allen led Seattle with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · SAC vs SEA
G1 · @ SEASEA87–82G2 · @ SEASEA105–93Game by game through Apr 26, winner and final score. Pink = SEA win.
Top performances

Nenad Krstic leads the day with 27

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.
Nenad KrsticPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 17, 7, 8, 18, 6, 18, 11, 27NJN @ MIA · L
19.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 32, 18, 19, 32, 34, 21, 28, 26SEA vs SAC · W
27.0 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 13, 17, 6, 14, 4, 19, 17, 23DET vs PHI · W
20.0 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 10, 4, 7, 8, 11, 9, 6, 21MIA vs NJN · W
13.5 PPG playoffs to date
Season high21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 45, 22, 39, 43, 26, 37, 27, 21NJN @ MIA · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 28, 10, 4, 17, 5, 2, 11, 20DET vs PHI · W
15.5 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST