FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 25, 2007Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed GSW by 2 after the first quarter and won 112–99.

Final · R1 · G2
DEN88
SAS97
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +9
Final · R1 · G2
WAS102
CLE109
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +7
Final · R1 · G2
GSW99
DAL112
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
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 25, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs IND), 33 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · GSW @ DAL

Dallas pulls level with Golden State

Game 2 to Dallas, 112–99. The first round series is tied 1–1. Jason Terry led Dallas with 28 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+2+13+13DAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW3022222599
DAL28263325112
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 29, 7, 16, 8, 5, 12, 17, 28DAL28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 22, 11, 26, 23, 21, 20, 14, 23DAL23 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 14, 28, 26, 8, 13, 31, 23, 30GSW30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 13, 16, 13, 12, 11, 12, 7, 20GSW20 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.5Reg. season avg26.5Last 2 playoff games

26.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 15.5 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 30 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Reg. season avg8.0Last 2 playoff games

8.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 24.9 in the regular season (76 games). Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Reg. season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in the regular season (80 games). Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · WAS @ CLE · R1 · G2

Cleveland goes up 2–0 on Washington

Game 2 went to the Cavaliers, 109–102. LeBron James led Cleveland with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

Series tracker · WAS vs CLE
G1 · @ CLECLE97–82G2 · @ CLECLE109–102Game by game through Apr 25, winner and final score. Pink = CLE win.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison 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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 37, 26, 11, 4, 8, 48, 19, 28, 31WAS @ CLE · L
29.5 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 14, 28, 26, 8, 13, 31, 23, 30GSW @ DAL · L
26.5 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 29, 7, 16, 8, 5, 12, 17, 28DAL vs GSW · W
22.5 PPG playoffs to date
28 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 25, 20, 35, 23, 18, 24, 23, 27CLE vs WAS · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 23, 33, 32, 31, 28, 21, 30, 26DEN @ SAS · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 12, 10, 8, 9, 12, 6, 10, 24CLE vs WAS · W
17.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST