FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 30, 2005Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 3 at halftime and won 97–93.

Final · R1 · G3
CHI99
WAS117
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +18
Final · R1 · G4
DAL97
HOU93
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +4
Final · R1 · G4
BOS110
IND79
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +31
Final · R1 · G3
SAS86
DEN78
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +8
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 30, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (NOH @ MIA), 33 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · DAL @ HOU

Jason Terry scores 32 as Dallas wins in Houston

Final: 97–93. Jason Terry made 11 of 18 shots from the field. First round series: Dallas 2, Houston 2. Tracy McGrady scored 36 for Houston in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-30+4DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2622292097
HOU2229261693
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 15, 14, 17, 5, 17, 15, 13, 32DAL32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 31, 24, 21, 16, 21, 26, 28, 18DAL18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 38, 23, 32, 16, 34, 28, 28, 36HOU36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 28, 13, 24, 13, 11, 33, 15, 20HOU20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
14.8Reg. season avg24.3Last 3 playoff games

24.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 14.8 in the regular season (66 games). Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Reg. season avg6.8Last 3 playoff games

6.8 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.0 in the regular season (73 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Reg. season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in the regular season (75 games). Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · SAS @ DEN · R1 · G3

San Antonio controls Denver start to finish

San Antonio won 86–78, leading by as many as 9 at a break. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · SAS vs DEN
G1 · @ SASDEN93–87G2 · @ SASSAS104–76G3 · @ DENSAS86–78Game by game through Apr 30, winner and final score. Pink = SAS win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 38, 23, 32, 16, 34, 28, 28, 36HOU vs DAL · L
31.5 PPG playoffs to date · +6.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 44, 8, 21, 33, 27, 8, 25, 9, 39, 32WAS vs CHI · W
26.7 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 2, 40, 30, 21, 13, 16, 3, 23, 17, 32SAS @ DEN · W
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 15, 14, 17, 5, 17, 15, 13, 32DAL @ HOU · W
19.2 PPG playoffs to date · +17.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 22, 25, 5, 21, 12, 33, 19, 30BOS @ IND · W
23.5 PPG playoffs to date · +8.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 21, 21, 10, 17, 25, 20, 10, 24IND vs BOS · L
19.8 PPG playoffs to date · +5.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST