FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 26, 2011Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NOH by 9 after the first quarter and won 106–90.

Final · R1 · G5
ATL76
ORL101
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +23; Q3 ORL +26; Q4 ORL +25
Final · R1 · G5
IND89
CHI116
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +27
Final · R1 · G5
NOH90
LAL106
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +16
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 26, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL @ MIL), 29 points.
The lead · First round · Game 5 · NOH @ LAL

Lakers win Game 5 over New Orleans, 106–90

First round series: Lakers 3, New Orleans 2. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+3+7+16LAL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH3219211890
LAL23312527106
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 31, 27, 36, 34, 11, 30, 17, 19LAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 3, 12, 4, 13, 17, 14, 11, 18LAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 11, 5, 6, 6, 22, 12, 19, 22NOH22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 18, 13, 14, 10, 4, 5, 7, 21NOH21 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ATL @ ORL · R1 · G5

Orlando leads Atlanta wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 101–76. Best quarter: the second, 32–22. Jason Richardson led Orlando with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Series tracker · ATL vs ORL
G1 · @ ORLATL103–93G2 · @ ORLORL88–82G3 · @ ATLATL88–84G4 · @ ATLATL88–85G5 · @ ORLORL101–76Game by game through Apr 26, winner and final score. Pink = ORL win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
15.8Reg. season avg23.0Last 3 playoff games

23.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 15.8 in the regular season (80 games). Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Reg. season avg7.7Last 3 playoff games

7.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 26.2 in the regular season (67 games). Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Reg. season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 24.5 a game in the regular season (80 games). Line: 21 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Derrick Rose leads the day with 25

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.
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 39, 26, 15, 39, 36, 23, 15, 25CHI vs IND · W
27.6 PPG playoffs to date · −3.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 15, 23, 11, 18, 14, 21, 16, 24CHI vs IND · W
18.6 PPG playoffs to date · +6.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 21, 17, 4, 15, 17, 15, 9, 22ATL @ ORL · L
15.6 PPG playoffs to date · +8.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 11, 5, 6, 6, 22, 12, 19, 22NOH @ LAL · L
16.2 PPG playoffs to date · +7.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
Ties season high22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 18, 13, 14, 10, 4, 5, 7, 21NOH @ LAL · L
9.4 PPG playoffs to date · +14.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 28, 7, 0, 15, 7, 33, 20, 22, 27, 20NOH @ LAL · L
24.4 PPG playoffs to date · −5.5 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST