FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 7, 2006Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 6 at halftime and won 87–85.

Final · R2 · G1
DAL85
SAS87
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +2
Final · R2 · G1
CLE86
DET113
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +21; Q3 DET +31; Q4 DET +27
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 · 2004–05May 7, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU @ DAL), 33 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 1 · DAL @ SAS

Tim Duncan posts 31 and 13 as San Antonio beats Dallas

31 points and 13 rebounds in an 87–85 win. Conference semifinals series: San Antonio 1, Dallas 0.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-3-6-1+2SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2923201385
SAS2620251687
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 16, 11, 14, 29, 17, 24, 15, 31SAS31 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 6, 25, 22, 12, 22, 21, 31, 19SAS19 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 16, 20, 8, 14, 4, 10, 19, 24DAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 29, 36, 22, 31, 31, 36, 27, 20DAL20 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CLE @ DET · R2 · G1

Detroit never trails at a break against Cleveland

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–86. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · CLE vs DET
G1 · @ DETDET113–86Game by game through May 7, winner and final score. Pink = DET win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+5.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
20.1Reg. season avg26.0Last 3 playoff games

26.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.1 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Reg. season avg6.8Last 3 playoff games

6.8 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.6 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 3 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Reg. season avg32.9Today

33 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in the regular season (63 games). Line: 5 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 16, 11, 14, 29, 17, 24, 15, 31SAS vs DAL · W
20.1 PPG playoffs to date · +12.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 0, 6, 15, 22, 6, 18, 12, 24DET vs CLE · W
16.2 PPG playoffs to date · +9.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 16, 20, 8, 14, 4, 10, 19, 24DAL @ SAS · L
14.2 PPG playoffs to date · +12.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 17, 32, 26, 41, 38, 45, 32, 22CLE @ DET · L
33.7 PPG playoffs to date · −13.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 29, 36, 22, 31, 31, 36, 27, 20DAL @ SAS · L
29.0 PPG playoffs to date · −11.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 28, 9, 21, 18, 10, 18, 40, 20DET vs CLE · W
21.2 PPG playoffs to date · −1.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST