FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 19, 2011Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed ATL by 6 after the first quarter and won 88–82.

Final · R1 · G2
NYK93
BOS96
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +3
Final · R1 · G2
ATL82
ORL88
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +6
Final · R1 · G2
POR89
DAL101
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +12
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 · 2009–10Apr 19, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs CHI), 40 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · ATL @ ORL

Dwight Howard posts 33 and 19 as Orlando beats Atlanta

33 points and 19 rebounds in an 88–82 win. First round series: Orlando 1, Atlanta 1.

Game flow · ORL 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+6+11+6ORL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2220122882
ORL1632172388
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 26, 31, 18, 15, 19, 13, 46, 33ORL33 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 21, 17, 18, 17, 19, 6, 27, 13ORL13 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 15, 20, 13, 13, 13, 14, 23, 25ATL25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 13, 26, 6, 21, 17, 4, 15, 17ATL17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+16.6points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
22.9Reg. season avg39.5Last 2 playoff games

39.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 22.9 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 33 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Reg. season avg4.0Last 2 playoff games

4.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 22.1 in the regular season (71 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Reg. season avg32.5Today

33 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in the regular season (61 games). Line: 2 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · POR @ DAL · R1 · G2

Dallas wins Game 2 over Portland, 101–89

First round series: Dallas 2, Portland 0. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 33 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Series tracker · POR vs DAL
G1 · @ DALDAL89–81G2 · @ DALDAL101–89Game by game through Apr 19, winner and final score. Pink = DAL win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 42

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 39, 25, 23, 31, 25, 34, 21, 15, 42NYK @ BOS · L
28.5 PPG playoffs to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Nikola Jokic DEN, Apr 2, 2024: 42 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
42 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 26, 31, 18, 15, 19, 13, 46, 33ORL vs ATL · W
39.5 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 16, 20, 20, 19, 23, 32, 28, 33DAL vs POR · W
30.5 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 13, 4, 16, 7, 20, 7, 10, 30BOS vs NYK · W
20.0 PPG playoffs to date
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 15, 20, 13, 13, 13, 14, 23, 25ATL @ ORL · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 32, 18, 17, 12, 24, 22, 27, 24POR @ DAL · L
25.5 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST