FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, April 27, 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 · G4
ATL81
MIA71
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +10
Final · R1 · G4
DEN121
NOH63
Q1 DEN +21; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +38; Q4 DEN +58
Final · R1 · G5
UTA96
LAL107
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +11
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 27, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ WAS), 34 points.
The lead · First round · Game 4 · ATL @ MIA

Atlanta beats Miami, 81–71

Atlanta led 63–55 after three and won by 10. Mike Bibby led Atlanta with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+4+8+10ATL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2422171881
MIA1725131671
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 13, 22, 15, 5, 10, 18, 13, 15ATL15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 25, 30, 24, 9, 15, 16, 10, 14ATL14 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 33, 32, 31, 55, 19, 33, 29, 22MIA22 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 16, 2, 16, 4, 5, 19, 22, 20MIA20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · UTA @ LAL · R1 · G5

Lakers close out Utah in five

Lakers won Game 5, 107–96, to take the first round series 4–1. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · UTA vs LAL
G1 · @ LALLAL113–100G2 · @ LALLAL119–109G3 · @ UTAUTA88–86G4 · @ UTALAL108–94G5 · @ LALLAL107–96Game by game through Apr 27, winner and final score. Pink = LAL 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
11.3Reg. season avg19.0Last 3 playoff games

19.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 11.3 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Reg. season avg8.7Last 3 playoff games

8.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 28.9 in the regular season (50 games). Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.9minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Reg. season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in the regular season (77 games). Line: 12 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 31

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 32, 16, 16, 24, 26, 18, 38, 31LAL vs UTA · W
27.4 PPG playoffs to date · +4.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 17, 8, 16, 13, 19, 21, 10, 26LAL vs UTA · W
17.8 PPG playoffs to date · +10.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 31, 23, 21, 12, 13, 22, 25, 26DEN @ NOH · W
21.5 PPG playoffs to date · +6.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 33, 32, 31, 55, 19, 33, 29, 22MIA vs ATL · L
25.8 PPG playoffs to date · −5.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 16, 2, 16, 4, 5, 19, 22, 20MIA vs ATL · L
16.5 PPG playoffs to date · +4.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
James JonesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 6, 3, 10, 13, 9, 5, 11, 19MIA vs ATL · L
11.0 PPG playoffs to date · +10.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
Season high19 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST