FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, May 17, 2009Playoffs · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · R2 · G7 · Box score
Rockets70
Lakers89
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +20; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +19
Final · R2 · G7 · Box score
Magic101
Celtics82
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +19
The lead · Conference semifinals · Game 7 · Rockets-Lakers

Lakers finish off Houston, win the series 4–3

Pau Gasol goes for 21 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10+20+19+19LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets1219192070
Lakers2229182089
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 17, 14, 22, 13, 30, 16, 14, 21LAL21 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 12, 10, 8, 13, 5, 13, 7, 15LAL15 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 13, 19, 13, 7, 34, 14, 26, 13HOU13 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 9, 10, 12, 10, 11, 12, 24, 11HOU11 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Magic-Celtics · R2 · G7

Orlando controls Boston start to finish

Orlando won 101–82, leading by as many as 19 at a break. Hedo Turkoglu led Orlando with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Series tracker · Magic-Celtics
G1 · @ BOSORL95–90G2 · @ BOSBOS112–94G3 · @ ORLORL117–96G4 · @ ORLBOS95–94G5 · @ BOSBOS92–88G6 · @ ORLORL83–75G7 · @ BOSORL101–82
Lead changes
Magic-Celtics1
Rockets-Lakers0
The night in charts
Magic-Celtics combined for 183, 24 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-CelticsMagic 101, Celtics 82
183
Rockets-LakersRockets 70, Lakers 89
159
LAL won the closest game by 19
Closest finishes
Rockets-LakersRockets 70, Lakers 89
+19 LAL
Magic-CelticsMagic 101, Celtics 82
+19 ORL
Turkoglu shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
TurkogluORL · 25 PTS, 12 AST, 5 REB, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
PauLAL · 21 PTS, 18 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
53% (10-19)
Ray AllenBOS · 23 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
50% (9-18)
WaferHOU · 10 PTS, 2 REB
45% (5-11)
RondoBOS · 10 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB, 2 STL
40% (4-10)
Final · Rockets-Lakers
Rockets 70Lakers 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets1219192070
Lakers2229182089
The story
Kobe Bryant had 14 points as Los Angeles beat Houston 89-70

Aaron Brooks led Houston with 13 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 14 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 4-12 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Lakers won the first 22-12, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +10+20+19+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Celtics
Magic 101Celtics 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic27182135101
Celtics1721232182
The story
Dwight Howard's 16 rebounds and 12 points carried Orlando past Boston, 101-82

For Boston, Rajon Rondo had 10 PTS, 10 AST, 6 REB 16 REB, 12 PTS, 5 BLK, 1 AST · 5-9 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 35-21, was where the Magic built it.

ORL lead by quarter
200 +10+7+5+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.7points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
7.0Reg. season avg13.7Last 3 playoff games

13.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 7.0 in the regular season (76 games). Today: 13 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.7minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Reg. season avg21.1Last 3 playoff games

21.1 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 29.8 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 6 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Reg. season avg39.0Today

39 minutes today, against 25.0 a game in the regular season (80 games). Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Hedo Turkoglu leads the day with 25

Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 12, 15, 14, 24, 11, 18, 7, 25Magic-Celtics · W
14.2 PPG playoffs to date · +11.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 51, 23, 9, 22, 8, 12, 13, 5, 23Celtics-Magic · L
18.3 PPG playoffs to date · +5.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 17, 14, 22, 13, 30, 16, 14, 21Lakers-Rockets · W
18.5 PPG playoffs to date · +2.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
21 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 29, 18, 17, 28, 22, 19, 20, 19Magic-Celtics · W
19.8 PPG playoffs to date · −0.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 14, 17, 17, 7, 11, 5, 11, 17Magic-Celtics · W
8.9 PPG playoffs to date · +8.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 20, 23, 3, 27, 27, 19, 17, 16Celtics-Magic · L
21.0 PPG playoffs to date · −5.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST