FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, May 12, 2005Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed SAS by 8 after the first quarter and won 92–91.

Final · R2 · G3
MIA102
WAS95
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +7
Final · R2 · G3
SAS91
SEA92
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +1
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 · 2003–04May 12, 2004: 2 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND @ MIA), 37 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 3 · SAS @ SEA

Seattle stays alive against San Antonio

A 92–91 win in Game 3 cuts the conference semifinals deficit to 2–1. Ray Allen led Seattle with 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-20+1SEA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2922241691
SEA2128261792
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 28, 26, 33, 45, 30, 8, 25, 20SEA20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 12, 9, 3, 7, 14, 15, 16, 18SEA18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 3, 18, 24, 11, 39, 18, 22, 25, 23SAS23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 12, 19, 10, 29, 21, 29, 22, 18SAS18 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.6Reg. season avg23.0Last 3 playoff games

23.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 16.6 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Reg. season avg6.0Last 3 playoff games

6.0 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.5 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 4 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Reg. season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in the regular season (37 games). Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · MIA @ WAS · R2 · G3

Miami beats Washington by 7, moves within one of advancing

Game 3: 102–95. Series: 3–0. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 31 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Series tracker · MIA vs WAS
G1 · @ MIAMIA105–86G2 · @ MIAMIA108–102G3 · @ WASMIA102–95Game by game through May 12, winner and final score. Pink = MIA win.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 31

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: 17, 13, 14, 32, 17, 22, 34, 20, 31, 31MIA @ WAS · W
26.7 PPG playoffs to date · +5.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 3, 18, 24, 11, 39, 18, 22, 25, 23SAS @ SEA · L
22.5 PPG playoffs to date · +0.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 18, 21, 18, 19, 19, 13, 32, 21WAS vs MIA · L
19.4 PPG playoffs to date · +1.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 39, 32, 23, 16, 19, 25, 28, 20WAS vs MIA · L
23.4 PPG playoffs to date · −3.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 28, 26, 33, 45, 30, 8, 25, 20SEA vs SAS · W
26.9 PPG playoffs to date · −7.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 19, 21, 10, 33, 21, 23, 15, 19WAS vs MIA · L
21.3 PPG playoffs to date · −2.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST