FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 24, 2009Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G3
CLE79
DET68
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +11
Final · R1 · G3
ORL94
PHI96
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +2
Final · R1 · G3
POR83
HOU86
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +3
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 24, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (UTA vs HOU), 28 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · ORL @ PHI

Philadelphia goes up 2–1 on Orlando

Game 3 went to the 76ers, 96–94. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Dwight Howard scored 36 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+11+3+2PHI AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2128281794
PHI2733201696
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 19, 26, 21, 25, 24, 20, 21, 29PHI29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 17, 10, 15, 30, 15, 30, 24PHI24 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 13, 14, 16, 7, 10, 31, 11, 36ORL36 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 5, 14, 13, 11, 15, 15, 11, 17ORL17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · POR @ HOU · R1 · G3

Houston wins Game 3 over Portland, 86–83

First round series: Houston 2, Portland 1. Luis Scola led Houston with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · POR vs HOU
G1 · @ PORHOU108–81G2 · @ PORPOR107–103G3 · @ HOUHOU86–83Game by game through Apr 24, winner and final score. Pink = HOU win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
11.2Reg. season avg20.3Last 3 playoff games

20.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 11.2 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Reg. season avg10.3Last 3 playoff games

10.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 23.5 in the regular season (56 games). Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Reg. season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 25.2 a game in the regular season (77 games). Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard 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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 13, 14, 16, 7, 10, 31, 11, 36ORL @ PHI · L
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
36 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 19, 19, 26, 21, 25, 24, 20, 21, 29PHI vs ORL · W
23.3 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 38, 21, 27, 29, 37, 38, 29, 25CLE @ DET · W
30.7 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 11 REB · 9 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 17, 10, 15, 30, 15, 30, 24PHI vs ORL · W
23.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 12, 15, 28, 8, 5, 19, 12, 19HOU vs POR · W
16.7 PPG playoffs to date
19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 7, 7, 8, 7, 7, 13, 5, 19CLE @ DET · W
12.3 PPG playoffs to date
Season high19 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST