FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 18, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed SAC by 6 at halftime and won 112–107.

Final
NYK95
ATL92
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DET86
IND88
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +2
Final
PHI88
WAS80
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +8
Final · 2OT
CHI101
MIA102
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +1
Final
BOS97
MIL95
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +2
Final
CLE78
UTA95
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +17
Final
MIN104
POR98
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +6
Final
SAC107
LAC112
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +5
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 · 2001–02Jan 18, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs HOU), 38 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAC

Elton Brand posts 34 and 15 as Clippers beat Sacramento

34 points and 15 rebounds in a 112–107 win. Peja Stojakovic scored 37 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-1-6-4+5LAC AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC29253023107
LAC28203232112
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 13, 25, 15, 30, 6, 19, 12, 34LAC34 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 21, 17, 13, 24LAC24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 14, 11, 3, 24, 27, 30, 23, 37SAC37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Vlade DivacPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 4, 11, 9, 4, 10, 9, 11, 24SAC24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 17.

MIA over CHI1IND over DET2BOS over MIL2NYK over ATL3LAC over SAC5MIN over POR6PHI over WAS8UTA over CLE17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Peja Stojakovic leads the day with 37

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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 14, 11, 3, 24, 27, 30, 23, 37SAC @ LAC · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 13, 25, 15, 30, 6, 19, 12, 34LAC vs SAC · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 17, 14, 19, 22, 18, 9, 15, 32POR vs MIN · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 25, 21, 24, 26, 14, 21, 22, 31MIN @ POR · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 19, 31, 10, 19, 28, 23, 21, 30CHI @ MIA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 11, 16, 12, 24, 23, 16, 9, 27ATL vs NYK · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.0 27.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nene HilarioDEN+4.9 14.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+4.7 17.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.3 27.6 last 10 · 23.3 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+4.1 21.4 last 10 · 17.3 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.2 10.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jason KiddNJN−3.8 16.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Brent BarrySEA−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season