FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 25, 2002Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R1 · G2 · Box score
Sixers85
Celtics93
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +8
Final · R1 · G2 · Box score
Blazers96
Lakers103
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +7
On this day · 2000–01Apr 25, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Bucks), 35 points.
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The lead · First round · Game 2 · Blazers-Lakers

Lakers go up 2–0 on Portland

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 31 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+14+14+7LAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1819263396
Lakers27242626103
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 40, 22, 32, 36, 41, 21, 25, 31LAL31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 19, 22, 28, 23, 19, 21, 34, 19LAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 5, 16, 22, 14, 25, 4, 25, 31POR31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 16, 10, 10, 11, 14, 2, 11, 20POR20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Sixers-Celtics · R1 · G2

Boston never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 93–85. Paul Pierce led Boston with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Series tracker · Sixers-Celtics
G1 · @ BOSBOS92–82G2 · @ BOSBOS93–85
The night in charts
Blazers-Lakers combined for 199, 21 more than any other game
Points by game
Blazers-LakersBlazers 96, Lakers 103
199
Sixers-CelticsSixers 85, Celtics 93
178
LAL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Blazers-LakersBlazers 96, Lakers 103
+7 LAL
Sixers-CelticsSixers 85, Celtics 93
+8 BOS
Pippen shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PippenPOR · 20 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
ShaqLAL · 31 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
60% (12-20)
ColemanPHI · 13 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
Antoine WalkerBOS · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST
48% (10-21)
Rasheed WallacePOR · 31 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
44% (12-27)
Final · Blazers-Lakers
Blazers 96Lakers 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1819263396
Lakers27242626103
The story
Kobe Bryant had 19 points as Los Angeles beat Portland 103-96

Scottie Pippen led Portland with 20 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 5-21 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the first 27-18, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +9+14+14+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Celtics
Sixers 85Celtics 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2119212485
Celtics2622212493
The story
Paul Pierce's 25 points and 10 rebounds carried Boston past Philadelphia, 93-85

For Philadelphia, Derrick Coleman had 13 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 6-19 FG, 2-9 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 26-21, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +5+8+8+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Allen Iverson was the fantasy play: 46.8 FPTS on 29 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.7points, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
19.3Reg. season avg28.0Last 2 playoff games

28.0 points a game over his last two playoff games, against 19.3 in the regular season (79 games). Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 2 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Reg. season avg11.0Last 2 playoff games

11.0 minutes a game over his last two playoff games, against 21.0 in the regular season (78 games). Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Reg. season avg28.8Today

29 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in the regular season (53 games). Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 31

Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 40, 22, 32, 36, 41, 21, 25, 31Lakers-Blazers · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 5, 16, 22, 14, 25, 4, 25, 31Blazers-Lakers · L
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 28, 35, 32, 39, 33, 38, 22, 20, 29Sixers-Celtics · L
24.5 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 32, 24, 15, 20, 31, 17, 31, 25Celtics-Sixers · W
28.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 20, 18, 33, 21, 26, 13, 20, 24Celtics-Sixers · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 16, 10, 10, 11, 14, 2, 11, 20Blazers-Lakers · L
15.5 PPG playoffs to date
20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST