FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 22, 2007Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed LAL by 9 at halftime and won 95–87.

Final · R1 · G1
WAS82
CLE97
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +15
Final · R1 · G1
LAL87
PHX95
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +8
Final · R1 · G1
DEN95
SAS89
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +6
Final · R1 · G1
GSW97
DAL85
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +12
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 · 2005–06Apr 22, 2006: 4 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI @ MIA), 35 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · LAL @ PHX

Phoenix beats Lakers by 8, moves within three of advancing

Game 1: 95–87. Series: 1–0. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Kobe Bryant scored 39 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-5-9-3+8PHX AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2325291087
PHX1821352195
Who led
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 26, 23, 20, 8, 28, 14, 22, 26PHX26 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 11, 19, 18, 15, 14, 30, 16, 23PHX23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 29, 46, 34, 23, 50, 17, 50, 34, 39LAL39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 20, 10, 18, 9, 16, 14, 15, 17LAL17 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ SAS · R1 · G1

Denver leads San Antonio wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 95–89. Best quarter: the fourth, 28–23. Allen Iverson led Denver with 31 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Series tracker · DEN vs SAS
G1 · @ SASDEN95–89Game by game through Apr 22, winner and final score. Pink = DEN win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+12.9points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
20.1Reg. season avg33Today

33 points today in 44 minutes, against 20.1 a game in the regular season (63 games).

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Reg. season avg45.9Today

46 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in the regular season (80 games). Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists.

Cooling off
−12.7points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
14.7Reg. season avg2Today

2 points today in 39 minutes, against 14.7 a game in the regular season (78 games).

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 29, 46, 34, 23, 50, 17, 50, 34, 39LAL @ PHX · L
39.0 PPG playoffs to date
39 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 31, 17, 19, 25, 17, 12, 12, 33GSW @ DAL · W
33.0 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 22, 34, 24, 22, 23, 16, 25, 31DEN @ SAS · W
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 23, 23, 33, 32, 31, 28, 21, 30DEN @ SAS · W
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 37, 26, 11, 4, 8, 48, 19, 28WAS @ CLE · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 14, 15, 12, 19, 13, 22, 13, 27CLE vs WAS · W
27.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST