FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 19, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BOS by 5 after the first quarter and won 102–100.

Final
SAC75
MIN92
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +17
Final
PHI112
SEA101
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +11
Final
BOS100
LAC102
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +2
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 · 2002–03Feb 19, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ UTA), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAC

Elton Brand posts 39 and 11 as Clippers beat Boston

39 points and 11 rebounds in a 102–100 win.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+1+10+2LAC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS36221725100
LAC31282617102
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 15, 28, 12, 24, 19, 39LAC39 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Keyon DoolingPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 4, 0, 3, 4, 0, 2, 10, 16LAC16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 21, 13, 11, 20, 10, 8, 32, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jiri WelschPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 10, 20, 12, 6, 9, 12, 5, 20BOS20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ SEA

Philadelphia leads Seattle wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 112–101. Best quarter: the first, 32–25. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 40 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over BOS2PHI over SEA11MIN over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg22.1Last 3

22.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 28, 36, 39, 15, 27, 25, 27, 40PHI @ SEA · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 15, 28, 12, 24, 19, 39LAC vs BOS · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 27, 23, 22, 18, 22, 15, 23, 31SEA vs PHI · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 27, 18, 26, 19, 9, 15, 13, 26PHI @ SEA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 21, 13, 11, 20, 10, 8, 32, 23BOS @ LAC · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 30, 17, 35, 30, 31, 17, 32, 22MIN vs SAC · W
24.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 24 REB · 4 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
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+6.8 17.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Tracy McGradyORL+6.0 33.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.3 24.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.4 7.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.2 10.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Baron DavisNOH−3.9 19.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Tim ThomasNYK−3.9 9.9 last 10 · 13.8 season