FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, May 19, 2006Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 6 at halftime and won 91–86.

Final · R2 · G6
DET84
CLE82
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +2
Final · R2 · G6
SAS91
DAL86
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +5
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 19, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (DET @ IND), 28 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 6 · SAS @ DAL

Manu Ginobili scores 30 as San Antonio wins in Dallas

Final: 91–86. Manu Ginobili made 8 of 14 shots from the field. Conference semifinals series: San Antonio 3, 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 Q3Final0-5-60+5SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2021262491
DAL2522201986
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 27, 10, 15, 13, 24, 26, 18, 30SAS30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 24, 15, 31, 28, 35, 31, 36, 24SAS24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 36, 27, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 26DAL26 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 16, 24, 17, 27, 12, 8, 16, 17DAL17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.6Reg. season avg30.3Last 3 playoff games

30.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 18.6 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 24 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Reg. season avg11.5Last 3 playoff games

11.5 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.5 in the regular season (62 games). Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Reg. season avg45.0Today

45 minutes today, against 26.5 a game in the regular season (77 games). Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DET @ CLE · R2 · G6

Detroit leads Cleveland wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 84–82. Best quarter: the third, 25–24. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · DET vs CLE
G1 · @ DETDET113–86G2 · @ DETDET97–91G3 · @ CLECLE86–77G4 · @ CLECLE74–72G5 · @ DETCLE86–84G6 · @ CLEDET84–82Game by game through May 19, winner and final score. Pink = DET win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 38, 45, 32, 22, 30, 21, 22, 32, 32CLE vs DET · L
31.1 PPG playoffs to date · +1.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 27, 10, 15, 13, 24, 26, 18, 30SAS @ DAL · W
18.0 PPG playoffs to date · +13.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 36, 27, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 26DAL vs SAS · L
27.8 PPG playoffs to date · −2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 24, 15, 31, 28, 35, 31, 36, 24SAS @ DAL · W
24.6 PPG playoffs to date · −0.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 12, 22, 10, 29, 11, 7, 10, 24DET @ CLE · W
16.1 PPG playoffs to date · +8.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 16, 24, 17, 27, 12, 8, 16, 17DAL vs SAS · L
16.2 PPG playoffs to date · +0.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST