FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 20, 2008Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed DET by 13 at halftime and won 90–86.

Final · R1 · G1
TOR100
ORL114
Q1 ORL +20; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +14
Final · R1 · G1
DEN114
LAL128
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +14
Final · R1 · G1
PHI90
DET86
Q1 PHI -5; Q2 PHI -13; Q3 PHI -7; Q4 PHI +4
Final · R1 · G1
ATL81
BOS104
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +23
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · First round · Game 1 · PHI @ DET

Philadelphia draws first blood against Detroit

Philadelphia won Game 1 of the first round, 90–86. Andre Miller led Philadelphia with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-13-7+4PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2216252790
DET2724191686
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 23, 18, 6, 23, 16, 26, 4, 20PHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 15, 2, 15, 6, 15, 11, 27, 17PHI17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 4, 6, 8, 9, 4, 5, 2, 24DET24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 8, 11, 18, 13, 14, 17, 4, 14DET14 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+17.1points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
18.9Reg. season avg36Today

36 points today in 45 minutes, against 18.9 a game in the regular season (66 games).

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Reg. season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in the regular season (71 games). Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−11.2points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
17.2Reg. season avg6Today

6 points today in 24 minutes, against 17.2 a game in the regular season (81 games).

Second story · TOR @ ORL · R1 · G1

Orlando leads Toronto wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 114–100. Best quarter: the first, 43–23. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 25 points, 22 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · TOR vs ORL
G1 · @ ORLORL114–100Game by game through Apr 20, winner and final score. Pink = ORL win.
Top performances

Pau Gasol leads the day with 36

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.
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 25, 20, 21, 13, 25, 14, 22, 36LAL vs DEN · W
36.0 PPG playoffs to date
36 PTS · 16 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 25, 29, 34, 16, 29, 20, 20, 32LAL vs DEN · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 47, 38, 36, 25, 22, 11, 17, 30DEN @ LAL · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 13, 26, 21, 33, 28, 33, 21, 30DEN @ LAL · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 4, 13, 30, 20, 19, 15, 6, 25ORL vs TOR · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 22 REB · 2 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 14, 11, 18, 10, 6, 13, 6, 24TOR @ ORL · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST