FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, May 1, 2002Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 5 after three quarters and won 83–81.

Final · R1 · G4 · Box score
Celtics81
Sixers83
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +2
Final · R1 · G4 · Box score
Spurs79
Sonics91
Q1 SEA +11; Q2 SEA +26; Q3 SEA +17; Q4 SEA +12
On this day · 2000–01May 1, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavs-Jazz), 33 points.
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The lead · First round · Game 4 · Celtics-Sixers

Philadelphia pulls level with Boston

Gary Payton posts a triple-double

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+2-5+2PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2016252081
Sixers1622182783
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 39, 33, 38, 22, 20, 29, 42, 28PHI28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 15, 9, 12, 20, 9, 13, 18, 14PHI14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 33, 21, 26, 13, 20, 24, 27, 25BOS25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 15, 20, 31, 17, 31, 25, 29, 20BOS20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Spurs-Sonics · R1 · G4

Seattle leads San Antonio wire to wire

Seattle was ahead at every break and won 91–79. Best quarter: the second, 33–18. Gary Payton led Seattle with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

Series tracker · Spurs-Sonics
G1 · @ SASSAS110–89G2 · @ SASSEA98–90G3 · @ SEASAS102–75G4 · @ SEASEA91–79
The night in charts
Spurs-Sonics combined for 170, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 79, Sonics 91
170
Celtics-SixersCeltics 81, Sixers 83
164
PHI won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Celtics-SixersCeltics 81, Sixers 83
+2 PHI
Spurs-SonicsSpurs 79, Sonics 91
+12 SEA
Radmanovic shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RadmanovicSEA · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
PaytonSEA · 28 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST, 1 STL
50% (11-22)
RoseSAS · 28 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
50% (8-16)
ColemanPHI · 14 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
50% (5-10)
Kenny AndersonBOS · 12 PTS, 8 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
46% (6-13)
Final · Celtics-Sixers
Celtics 81Sixers 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2016252081
Sixers1622182783
The story
Allen Iverson had 28 points as Philadelphia beat Boston 83-81

Antoine Walker led Boston with 25 PTS, 7 REB 28 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 9-26 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the 76ers took the fourth 27-20.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −4+2−5+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Sonics
Spurs 79Sonics 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1318282079
Sonics2433191591
The story
Vladimir Radmanovic's 23 points carried Seattle past San Antonio, 91-79

For San Antonio, Tony Parker had 14 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST · 8-11 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 33-18, was where the SuperSonics built it.

SEA lead by quarter
300 +11+26+17+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
9.4Reg. season avg17.3Last 3 playoff games

17.3 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 9.4 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 28 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Reg. season avg10.3Last 3 playoff games

10.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 22.8 in the regular season (67 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
5.9Reg. season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 5.9 a game in the regular season (40 games). Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Gary Payton leads the day with 28

Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 21, 20, 30, 19, 21, 20, 28Sonics-Spurs · W
22.0 PPG playoffs to date · +8.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 26, 7, 4, 13, 10, 14, 28Spurs-Sonics · L
16.2 PPG playoffs to date · +15.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 39, 33, 38, 22, 20, 29, 42, 28Sixers-Celtics · W
29.8 PPG playoffs to date · −2.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 33, 21, 26, 13, 20, 24, 27, 25Celtics-Sixers · L
24.0 PPG playoffs to date · +1.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 11, 12, 6, 7, 0, 5, 3, 23Sonics-Spurs · W
7.8 PPG playoffs to date · +20.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 32, 24, 15, 20, 31, 17, 31, 25, 29, 20Celtics-Sixers · L
26.2 PPG playoffs to date · −8.3 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST