FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, May 1, 2007Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G5
NJN96
TOR98
Q1 TOR +20; Q2 TOR +17; Q3 TOR +12; Q4 TOR +2
Final · R1 · G5
GSW112
DAL118
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +6
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 · 2005–06May 1, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Chauncey Billups (DET @ MIL), 34 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · NJN @ TOR

Toronto stays alive against New Jersey

A 98–96 win in Game 5 cuts the first round deficit to 3–2. Jose Calderon led Toronto with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20+17+12+2TOR AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN1329252996
TOR3326201998
Who led
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 18, 6, 5, 13, 8, 12, 6, 25TOR25 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 21, 19, 14, 16, 26, 14, 5, 18TOR18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 35, 29, 24, 16, 19, 37, 27, 30NJN30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 24, 18, 15, 21, 28, 13, 18, 23, 23NJN23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.0Reg. season avg25.0Last 3 playoff games

25.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 16.0 in the regular season (51 games). Today: 23 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Reg. season avg14.4Last 3 playoff games

14.4 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 32.4 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Reg. season avg45.1Today

45 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · GSW @ DAL · R1 · G5

Dallas leads Golden State wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 118–112. Best quarter: the first, 38–28. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · GSW vs DAL
G1 · @ DALGSW97–85G2 · @ DALDAL112–99G3 · @ GSWGSW109–91G4 · @ GSWGSW103–99G5 · @ DALDAL118–112Game by game through May 1, winner and final score. Pink = DAL win.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 30

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 23, 21, 20, 14, 23, 20, 23, 30DAL vs GSW · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date · +10.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 35, 29, 24, 16, 19, 37, 27, 30NJN @ TOR · L
25.8 PPG playoffs to date · +5.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 17, 12, 12, 33, 13, 24, 33, 27GSW @ DAL · L
26.0 PPG playoffs to date · +1.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 18, 6, 5, 13, 8, 12, 6, 25TOR vs NJN · W
12.8 PPG playoffs to date · +15.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 12, 15, 15, 21, 22, 20, 22, 23DAL vs GSW · W
21.6 PPG playoffs to date · +1.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 32, 14, 25, 13, 14, 30, 22, 23GSW @ DAL · L
20.4 PPG playoffs to date · +3.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST