FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 11, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed PHX by 4 after the first quarter and won 107–106.

Final
CLE96
IND107
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +11
Final
NJN83
ORL92
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +9
Final
GSW116
ATL113
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +3
Final
NOH78
MIA69
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +9
Final
DAL98
MIN100
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +2
Final
DET89
CHI79
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
UTA103
HOU101
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +2
Final
LAC107
PHX106
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +1
Final · OT
SAS116
POR111
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +5
Final
WAS80
SAC99
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +25; Q4 SAC +19
Final
BOS82
SEA76
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +6
Final
DEN93
LAL121
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +34; Q4 LAL +28
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · LAC @ PHX

Clippers take over late to edge Phoenix

Down 4 after three, Clippers won the fourth 30–25. Final: 107–106. Elton Brand led Clippers with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1-4+1LAC AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC26331830107
PHX30282325106
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 17, 10, 10, 12, 17, 16, 18, 29LAC29 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 11, 20, 6, 5, 3, 19, 12, 20LAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 22, 31, 29, 33, 19, 32, 36, 33PHX33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 29, 24, 21, 18, 15, 29, 36, 22PHX22 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.6Season avg40.6Last 5

40.6 points a game over his last five games, against 28.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.2minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
34.72001–02 avg11.5Last 2

11.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.7 in 2001–02 (29 games). Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Lakers rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Denver by 28.

LAC over PHX1MIN over DAL2UTA over HOU2GSW over ATL3SAS over POR5BOS over SEA6ORL over NJN9NOH over MIA9DET over CHI10IND over CLE11SAC over WAS19LAL over DEN28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 23, 11, 40, 38, 42, 35, 46, 42LAL vs DEN · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 7, 27, 28, 10, 26, 21, 28, 37GSW @ ATL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 22, 17, 12, 23, 17, 30, 25, 36SAS @ POR · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 30, 13, 34, 32, 20, 25, 28, 34DAL @ MIN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 20, 29, 20, 26, 26, 18, 31, 33UTA @ HOU · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 22, 31, 29, 33, 19, 32, 36, 33PHX vs LAC · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.7 14.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Howard EisleyNYK+4.9 13.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+4.8 27.5 last 10 · 22.7 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+4.7 18.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+4.6 23.6 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Predrag DrobnjakSEA−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Jay WilliamsCHI−4.2 5.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC−4.2 5.1 last 10 · 9.3 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.1 18.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−3.9 11.5 last 10 · 15.4 season