FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 19, 2009Playoffs · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed ORL by 14 after three quarters and won 100–98.

Final · R1 · G1
UTA100
LAL113
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +22; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +13
Final · R1 · G1
PHI100
ORL98
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI -14; Q4 PHI +2
Final · R1 · G1
MIA64
ATL90
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +20; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +26
Final · R1 · G1
NOH84
DEN113
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +29
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 · 2007–08Apr 19, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs PHX), 40 points.
The lead · First round · Game 1 · PHI @ ORL

Philadelphia beats Orlando by 2, moves within three of advancing

Game 1: 100–98. Series: 1–0. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 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+2-4-14+2PHI AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI27191935100
ORL2525291998
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 5, 19, 19, 26, 21, 25, 24, 20PHI20 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 14, 20, 16, 17, 23, 14, 19, 18PHI18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 20, 21, 13, 14, 16, 7, 10, 31ORL31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 8, 5, 4, 12, 10, 17, 3, 18ORL18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+18.3points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
17.7Reg. season avg36Today

36 points today in 34 minutes, against 17.7 a game in the regular season (79 games).

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Reg. season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in the regular season (39 games). Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−11.2points, today vs reg. season avg
Points per game
30.2Reg. season avg19Today

19 points today in 40 minutes, against 30.2 a game in the regular season (79 games).

Second story · UTA @ LAL · R1 · G1

Lakers lead Utah wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 113–100. Best quarter: the second, 32–21. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Series tracker · UTA vs LAL
G1 · @ LALLAL113–100Game by game through Apr 19, winner and final score. Pink = LAL win.
Top performances

Chauncey Billups 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.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 17, 12, 17, 18, 17, 5, 13, 36DEN vs NOH · W
36.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high36 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 20, 21, 13, 14, 16, 7, 10, 31ORL vs PHI · L
31.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 6, 10, 10, 15, 25, 20, 16, 27UTA @ LAL · L
27.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 20, 18, 22, 33, 32, 16, 16, 24LAL vs UTA · W
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 9, 33, 13, 19, 25, 21, 30, 8, 7, 23ATL vs MIA · W
23.0 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 30, 43, 19, 26, 29, 42, 31, 9, 26, 21NOH @ DEN · L
21.0 PPG playoffs to date
21 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST