FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 4, 2004Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by LAC (vs LAL) and MIL (vs WAS).

Final
PHX73
TOR83
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +10
Final
MIL100
WAS94
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +6
Final
NJN95
NYK85
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +10
Final
SEA99
SAC130
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +34; Q4 SAC +31
Final
LAL98
LAC101
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +3
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 · 2002–03Jan 4, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (WAS vs IND), 41 points.
The lead · LAL @ LAC

Elton Brand posts 30 and 15 as Clippers beat Lakers

30 points and 15 rebounds in a 101–98 win. Kobe Bryant scored 44 for Lakers 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 Q3Final0-5+4+8+3LAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL3220242298
LAC27292817101
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 22, 22, 20, 14, 24, 20, 19, 30LAC30 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 25, 10, 22, 16, 24, 44, 21, 20LAC20 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 35, 13, 10, 23, 23, 11, 32, 44LAL44 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Slava MedvedenkoPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 6, 11, 4, 12, 10, 10, 14, 18LAL18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ WAS

Milwaukee takes care of Washington

A 6-point win, 100–94. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over LAL3MIL over WAS6TOR over PHX10NJN over NYK10SAC over SEA31Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

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: 21, 15, 35, 13, 10, 23, 23, 11, 32, 44LAL @ LAC · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high44 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 18, 18, 24, 16, 13, 23, 26, 35NJN @ NYK · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 22, 22, 20, 14, 24, 20, 19, 30LAC vs LAL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 6, 17, 18, 26, 22, 25, 21, 27MIL @ WAS · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 17, 31, 29, 41, 16, 37, 21, 24SAC vs SEA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kwame BrownPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 6, 3, 0, 10, 6, 9, 8, 23WAS vs MIL · L
8.5 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
LeBron JamesCLE+5.4 25.4 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jiri WelschBOS+5.2 13.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR+4.9 13.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Keith Van HornNYK+4.5 21.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Antawn JamisonDAL+3.9 19.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Flip MurraySEA−6.0 10.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Vin BakerBOS−4.9 7.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jason TerryATL−4.7 11.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ricky DavisBOS−3.8 9.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Mike MillerMEM−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season