FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 17, 2006Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G5
CLE86
DET84
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +2
Final · R2 · G5
DAL97
SAS98
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +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 · 2004–05May 17, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS vs SEA), 39 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 5 · DAL @ SAS

Tim Duncan posts 36 and 12 as San Antonio beats Dallas

36 points and 12 rebounds in a 98–97 win. Conference semifinals series: San Antonio 2, Dallas 3.

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+50+3+1SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2433211997
SAS2928241798
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 17, 24, 15, 31, 28, 35, 31, 36SAS36 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 22, 21, 31, 19, 15, 15, 33, 27SAS27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 31, 36, 27, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31DAL31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 17, 16, 24, 17, 27, 12, 8, 16DAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+15.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.6Reg. season avg34.0Last 3 playoff games

34.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 18.6 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 36 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Reg. season avg9.8Last 3 playoff games

9.8 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.5 in the regular season (62 games). Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Reg. season avg43.7Today

44 minutes today, against 26.5 a game in the regular season (77 games). Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · CLE @ DET · R2 · G5

Cleveland goes up 3–2 on Detroit

Game 5 went to the Cavaliers, 86–84. LeBron James led Cleveland with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Series tracker · CLE vs DET
G1 · @ DETDET113–86G2 · @ DETDET97–91G3 · @ CLECLE86–77G4 · @ CLECLE74–72G5 · @ DETCLE86–84Game by game through May 17, winner and final score. Pink = CLE win.
Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 17, 24, 15, 31, 28, 35, 31, 36SAS vs DAL · W
24.6 PPG playoffs to date · +12.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 38, 45, 32, 22, 30, 21, 22, 32CLE @ DET · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date · +1.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 31, 36, 27, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31DAL @ SAS · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date · +3.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 22, 21, 31, 19, 15, 15, 33, 27SAS vs DAL · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date · +5.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 6, 18, 12, 24, 20, 10, 16, 21DET vs CLE · L
16.4 PPG playoffs to date · +5.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 32, 8, 3, 27, 10, 15, 13, 24, 26, 18SAS vs DAL · W
16.9 PPG playoffs to date · +1.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST