FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, May 15, 2007Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed GSW by 3 after the first quarter and won 100–87.

Final · R2 · G5
CHI108
DET92
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +21; Q4 CHI +16
Final · R2 · G5
GSW87
UTA100
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +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 · 2005–06May 15, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS @ DAL), 33 points.
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 5 · GSW @ UTA

Utah closes out Golden State in five

Utah won Game 5, 100–87, to take the conference semifinals series 4–1. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-2+4+13UTA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW3222191487
UTA29232523100
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 8, 14, 8, 13, 20, 15, 12, 21UTA21 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 26, 22, 35, 17, 30, 19, 34, 21UTA21 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 33, 27, 20, 24, 36, 32, 15, 21GSW21 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 19, 16, 33, 16, 18, 8, 24, 16GSW16 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · CHI @ DET · R2 · G5

Chicago controls Detroit start to finish

Chicago won 108–92, leading by as many as 21 at a break. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 28 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · CHI vs DET
G1 · @ DETDET95–69G2 · @ DETDET108–87G3 · @ CHIDET81–74G4 · @ CHICHI102–87G5 · @ DETCHI108–92Game by game through May 15, winner and final score. Pink = CHI win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
8.3Reg. season avg16.0Last 3 playoff games

16.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 8.3 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Reg. season avg11.9Last 3 playoff games

11.9 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 26.5 in the regular season (53 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.9minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Reg. season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in the regular season (72 games). Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 28

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 27, 27, 24, 7, 13, 16, 19, 28CHI @ DET · W
20.6 PPG playoffs to date · +8.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 3, 8, 14, 8, 13, 20, 15, 12, 21UTA vs GSW · W
9.8 PPG playoffs to date · +12.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 26, 22, 35, 17, 30, 19, 34, 21UTA vs GSW · W
24.4 PPG playoffs to date · −3.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 33, 27, 20, 24, 36, 32, 15, 21GSW @ UTA · L
25.3 PPG playoffs to date · −4.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 26, 24, 22, 18, 16, 21, 25, 20CHI @ DET · W
22.8 PPG playoffs to date · −3.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 6, 17, 6, 7, 5, 9, 21, 20UTA vs GSW · W
11.0 PPG playoffs to date · +9.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST