FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 22, 2011Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G3
BOS113
NYK96
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +17
Final · R1 · G3
ORL84
ATL88
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +4
Final · R1 · G3
LAL100
NOH86
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +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 · 2009–10Apr 22, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (PHX @ POR), 42 points.
The lead · First round · Game 3 · ORL @ ATL

Atlanta handles Orlando by 4

The Hawks won the second quarter 26–17. Final: 88–84. Jamal Crawford led Atlanta with 23 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00+9+4+4ATL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2517202284
ATL2526152288
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 20, 13, 13, 13, 14, 23, 25, 23ATL23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 21, 17, 16, 10, 2, 25, 14, 21ATL21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 31, 18, 15, 19, 13, 46, 33, 21ORL21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 13, 8, 24, 12, 8, 4, 8, 14ORL14 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
22.9Reg. season avg33.3Last 3 playoff games

33.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.9 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 21 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Reg. season avg5.3Last 3 playoff games

5.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.1 in the regular season (71 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Reg. season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in the regular season (41 games). Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · LAL @ NOH · R1 · G3

Lakers never trails at a break against New Orleans

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–86. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 30 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Series tracker · LAL vs NOH
G1 · @ LALNOH109–100G2 · @ LALLAL87–78G3 · @ NOHLAL100–86Game by game through Apr 22, winner and final score. Pink = LAL win.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 38

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 22, 18, 15, 22, 24, 18, 20, 38BOS @ NYK · W
25.3 PPG playoffs to date
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 13, 13, 7, 13, 13, 24, 18, 32BOS @ NYK · W
24.7 PPG playoffs to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 25, 24, 31, 27, 36, 34, 11, 30LAL @ NOH · W
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 20, 13, 13, 13, 14, 23, 25, 23ATL vs ORL · W
23.7 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 5, 17, 11, 5, 10, 17, 12, 23NOH vs LAL · L
17.3 PPG playoffs to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 28, 7, 0, 15, 7, 33, 20, 22NOH vs LAL · L
25.0 PPG playoffs to date
22 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST