FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, April 16, 2003Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed UTA by 8 at halftime and won 95–84.

Final
DET92
BOS99
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +7
Final
TOR86
CLE96
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +10
Final
WAS87
PHI107
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +25; Q4 PHI +20
Final
NJN83
IND90
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +7
Final
MIN95
MEM87
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +8
Final
ORL87
MIL93
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +6
Final
ATL77
NOH92
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +15
Final
DAL93
SAS72
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +21
Final
HOU89
DEN84
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +5
Final
UTA84
SAC95
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +11
Final
PHX70
SEA84
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +14
Final
LAL117
GSW111
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +6
Final
POR93
LAC107
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +14
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 · 2001–02Apr 16, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW @ SAC), 40 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Sacramento climbs back to beat Utah

Utah led by 8 at the half. Sacramento won it 95–84. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-8+8+11SAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2619172284
SAC1918332595
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 22, 28, 27, 21, 20, 24, 29, 15SAC15 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 17, 17, 12, 14, 15, 24, 12, 14SAC14 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 17, 12, 16, 12, 23, 15, 12, 15UTA15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 9, 16, 11, 8, 15, 19, 18, 15UTA15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.6Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.6 in 68 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.9Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 4.9 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ATL @ NOH

New Orleans extends win streak to 5

92–77 over Atlanta. Record: 47–35. Baron Davis led New Orleans with 21 points, 0 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · NOH
W@ TOR101–92Lvs SAS90–92L@ DAL86–95Wvs NJN106–97L@ CLE76–79Wvs CLE100–81Wvs DET93–89W@ PHI94–89W@ NJN87–74Wvs ATL92–77NOH: last 10 games through Apr 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 44

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: 14, 29, 19, 21, 26, 14, 34, 36, 32, 44LAL @ GSW · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 42, 24, 8, 24, 37, 25, 20, 30, 42, 35PHI vs WAS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 10, 11, 1, 34, 15, 5, 13, 33GSW vs LAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 31, 33, 22, 14, 32, 36, 19, 27LAL @ GSW · W
27.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 24, 29, 12, 38, 23, 25, 23, 26IND vs NJN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 25, 29, 26, 26, 34, 37, 39, 25DAL @ SAS · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 6 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
Jamal CrawfordCHI+10.9 21.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Dion GloverATL+6.8 16.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.4 16.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.3 30.4 last 10 · 25.1 season
Rafer AlstonTOR+5.2 13.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.6 8.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Stephon MarburyPHX−5.7 16.6 last 10 · 22.3 season
Travis BestMIA−5.1 3.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Michael FinleyDAL−5.0 14.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Keith Van HornPHI−4.8 11.1 last 10 · 15.9 season