FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 20, 2011Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MEM by 3 at halftime and won 93–87.

Final · R1 · G2
DEN89
OKC106
Q1 OKC +16; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +17
Final · R1 · G2
MEM87
SAS93
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +6
Final · R1 · G2
NOH78
LAL87
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +9
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 20, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs OKC), 39 points.
The lead · First round · Game 2 · MEM @ SAS

San Antonio evens the series with Memphis at 1–1

San Antonio won Game 2, 93–87, in the first round. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 17 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-3+1+6SAS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM1727212287
SAS1724252793
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 9, 23, 6, 18, 25, 12, 0, 17SAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 23, 8, 17, 12, 10, 17, 16, 16SAS16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Sam YoungPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 9, 13, 10, 14, 13, 22, 2, 17MEM17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tony AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 21, 17, 12, 8, 13, 4, 7, 15MEM15 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NOH @ LAL · R1 · G2

Lakers pull level with New Orleans

Game 2 to Lakers, 87–78. The first round series is tied 1–1. Andrew Bynum led Lakers with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · NOH vs LAL
G1 · @ LALNOH109–100G2 · @ LALLAL87–78Game by game through Apr 20, winner and final score. Pink = LAL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.8Reg. season avg26.5Last 2 playoff games

26.5 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 15.8 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Reg. season avg12.1Last 2 playoff games

12.1 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 24.9 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.1minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Reg. season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 31.9 a game in the regular season (81 games). Line: 12 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 23

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 32, 29, 28, 31, 32, 14, 41, 23OKC vs DEN · W
32.0 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 19, 19, 21, 11, 5, 6, 6, 22NOH @ LAL · L
14.0 PPG playoffs to date
Ties season high22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 18, 26, 17, 26, 30, 20, 31, 21OKC vs DEN · W
26.0 PPG playoffs to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 18, 28, 7, 0, 15, 7, 33, 20NOH @ LAL · L
26.5 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 28, 9, 5, 37, 14, 6, 10, 20DEN @ OKC · L
15.0 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 13, 7, 14, 16, 12, 12, 5, 18OKC vs DEN · W
11.5 PPG playoffs to date
18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST