FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 26, 2010Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · CF · G5
BOS92
ORL113
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +21
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 · 2008–09May 26, 2009: 1 game. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ ORL), 44 points.
The lead · Conference finals · Game 5 · BOS @ ORL

Orlando stays alive against Boston

A 113–92 win in Game 5 cuts the conference finals deficit to 3–2. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+8+9+21ORL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2722261792
ORL31262729113
Who led
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 14, 16, 20, 9, 15, 23, 24ORL24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 29, 21, 13, 13, 30, 7, 32, 21ORL21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 3, 0, 13, 13, 6, 10, 4, 21BOS21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 29, 16, 21, 8, 25, 11, 9, 19BOS19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
12.6Reg. season avg20.7Last 3 playoff games

20.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 12.6 in the regular season (65 games). Today: 24 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.6minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Reg. season avg14.2Last 3 playoff games

14.2 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 20.8 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Cooling off
−7.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
16.6Reg. season avg8.7Last 3 playoff games

8.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 16.6 in the regular season (75 games). Today: 8 points in 26 minutes.

Top performances

Jameer Nelson leads the day with 24

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.
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 20, 14, 16, 20, 9, 15, 23, 24ORL vs BOS · W
19.6 PPG playoffs to date · +4.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 29, 21, 13, 13, 30, 7, 32, 21ORL vs BOS · W
17.4 PPG playoffs to date · +3.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 3, 0, 13, 13, 6, 10, 4, 21BOS @ ORL · L
6.9 PPG playoffs to date · +15.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 29, 16, 21, 8, 25, 11, 9, 19BOS @ ORL · L
16.9 PPG playoffs to date · +2.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 9, 21, 13, 22, 28, 15, 32, 18BOS @ ORL · L
18.4 PPG playoffs to date · −0.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
18 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 20, 22, 17, 6, 5, 4, 13, 14ORL vs BOS · W
13.3 PPG playoffs to date · +0.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
14 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST