FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 21, 2010Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G2
CHA77
ORL92
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +15
Final · R1 · G2
SAS102
DAL88
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +14
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 · 2008–09Apr 21, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Brandon Roy (POR vs HOU), 42 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio evens the series with Dallas at 1–1

San Antonio won Game 2, 102–88, in the first round. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 25 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+12+10+14SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS24342420102
DAL2026261688
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 24, 10, 14, 15, 18, 16, 27, 25SAS25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 43, 32, 16, 10, 26, 15, 8, 26, 23SAS23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 4, 16, 12, 25, 12, 10, 5, 27DAL27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 30, 22, 40, 39, 25, 19, 36, 24DAL24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CHA @ ORL · R1 · G2

Orlando keeps Charlotte at arm's length

The Bobcats never led at a quarter break. Orlando won by 15. Vince Carter led Orlando with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · CHA vs ORL
G1 · @ ORLORL98–89G2 · @ ORLORL92–77Game by game through Apr 21, winner and final score. Pink = ORL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.6Reg. season avg22.5Last 2 playoff games

22.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 12.6 in the regular season (65 games). Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Reg. season avg13.1Last 2 playoff games

13.1 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 24.7 in the regular season (45 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Reg. season avg40.9Today

41 minutes today, against 31.1 a game in the regular season (81 games). Line: 19 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Jackson leads the day with 27

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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 8, 15, 29, 14, 17, 14, 18, 27CHA @ ORL · L
22.5 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 4, 16, 12, 25, 12, 10, 5, 27DAL vs SAS · L
16.0 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 24, 10, 14, 15, 18, 16, 27, 25SAS @ DAL · W
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 30, 22, 40, 39, 25, 19, 36, 24DAL vs SAS · L
30.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 43, 32, 16, 10, 26, 15, 8, 26, 23SAS @ DAL · W
24.5 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 18, 17, 7, 15, 11, 7, 4, 19SAS @ DAL · W
11.5 PPG playoffs to date
19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST