FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 1, 2005Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed SAC by 12 at halftime and won 115–102.

Final · OT · R1 · G4
DET97
PHI92
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final · R1 · G4
MIA110
NJN97
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +13
Final · R1 · G4
PHX123
MEM115
Q1 PHX +19; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +8
Final · R1 · G4
SEA115
SAC102
Q1 SEA -11; Q2 SEA -12; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +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
The lead · First round · Game 4 · SEA @ SAC

Ray Allen scores 45 as Seattle beats Sacramento

Seattle won 115–102. Ray Allen: 45 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists. First round series: Seattle 3, Sacramento 1.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-12-4+13SEA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA20362435115
SAC31371618102
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 19, 32, 34, 21, 28, 26, 33, 45SEA45 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 12, 6, 28, 21, 18, 12, 9, 19SEA19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 35, 12, 14, 24, 9, 12, 27SAC27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 23, 8, 4, 19, 22, 9, 21, 16SAC16 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+14.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
4.9Reg. season avg19.3Last 3 playoff games

19.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 4.9 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Reg. season avg1.0Last 3 playoff games

1.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.5 in the regular season (64 games). Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Reg. season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in the regular season (52 games). Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · DET @ PHI · R1 · G4

Detroit takes Game 4, leads Philadelphia 3–1

97–92 in Philadelphia. The first round series continues. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Series tracker · DET vs PHI
G1 · @ DETDET106–85G2 · @ DETDET99–84G3 · @ PHIPHI115–104G4 · @ PHIDET97–92Game by game through May 1, winner and final score. Pink = DET win.
Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 45

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 19, 32, 34, 21, 28, 26, 33, 45SEA @ SAC · W
33.0 PPG playoffs to date · +16.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 38, 43, 33, 39, 16, 30, 19, 37, 36PHI vs DET · L
30.5 PPG playoffs to date · +7.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 48, 17, 13, 14, 32, 17, 22, 34MIA @ NJN · W
26.2 PPG playoffs to date · +10.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 6, 17, 20, 18, 16, 28, 13, 28MEM vs PHX · L
21.2 PPG playoffs to date · +9.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 35, 12, 14, 24, 9, 12, 27SAC vs SEA · L
18.0 PPG playoffs to date · +12.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 4, 17, 5, 2, 11, 20, 15, 25DET @ PHI · W
17.8 PPG playoffs to date · +9.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST