FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 29, 2007Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 103–99.

Final · R1 · G4
CHI92
MIA79
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +13
Final · R1 · G4
PHX113
LAL100
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +13
Final · R1 · G4
TOR81
NJN102
Q1 NJN +17; Q2 NJN +19; Q3 NJN +30; Q4 NJN +21
Final · R1 · G4
DAL99
GSW103
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +4
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 29, 2006: 4 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs DET), 40 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · DAL @ GSW

Baron Davis scores 33 in Golden State win over Dallas

Final: 103–99. Baron Davis added 8 rebounds and 4 assists. First round series: Golden State 3, Dallas 1.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-600+4GSW AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2722282299
GSW21282826103
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 25, 17, 12, 12, 33, 13, 24, 33GSW33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 17, 32, 14, 25, 13, 14, 30, 22GSW22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 7, 18, 14, 13, 0, 17, 10, 24DAL24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 26, 23, 21, 20, 14, 23, 20, 23DAL23 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.5Reg. season avg21.7Last 3 playoff games

21.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.5 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Reg. season avg13.6Last 3 playoff games

13.6 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 29.9 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 9 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Reg. season avg44.4Today

44 minutes today, against 27.0 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 5 points, 18 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · CHI @ MIA · R1 · G4

Chicago finishes off Miami, wins the series 4–0

92–79 in Game 4 of the first round. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · CHI vs MIA
G1 · @ CHICHI96–91G2 · @ CHICHI107–89G3 · @ MIACHI104–96G4 · @ MIACHI92–79Game by game through Apr 29, winner and final score. Pink = CHI win.
Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 33

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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 25, 17, 12, 12, 33, 13, 24, 33GSW vs DAL · W
25.8 PPG playoffs to date · +9.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 50, 17, 50, 34, 39, 15, 45, 31LAL vs PHX · L
32.5 PPG playoffs to date · −2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 15, 14, 30, 16, 23, 20, 24, 27PHX @ LAL · W
23.5 PPG playoffs to date · +4.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 21 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 25, 35, 29, 24, 16, 19, 37, 27NJN vs TOR · W
24.8 PPG playoffs to date · +3.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 12, 14, 16, 23, 8, 21, 21, 28, 24MIA vs CHI · L
23.5 PPG playoffs to date · +0.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 23, 20, 30, 15, 24, 27, 27, 24CHI @ MIA · W
25.5 PPG playoffs to date · −2.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST