FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 25, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 12 points, by MIL (vs BOS) and LAL (vs DEN).

Final
MIL106
BOS104
Q1 MIL -12; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +2
Final
WAS76
TOR74
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +2
Final
GSW99
MEM92
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +7
Final
NJN68
MIN81
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +1; Q4 MIN +13
Final
LAC93
NOH99
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +6
Final
DET107
CHI88
Q1 DET -5; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +19
Final
LAL112
DEN111
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -12; Q3 LAL -11; Q4 LAL +1
Final
CLE84
HOU90
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +6
Final
NYK95
PHX113
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +18
Final · OT
UTA93
SEA92
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +1
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 25, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs LAC), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ DEN

Kobe Bryant scores 35, Lakers rally past Denver

Lakers trailed by 12 at the half and won 112–111. Carmelo Anthony scored 35 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-3-12-11+1LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25252735112
DEN28342623111
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35, 28, 40, 35LAL35 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 37, 17, 20, 25, 24, 21, 31, 29, 19, 16LAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 24, 20, 27, 28, 35, 16, 26, 35DEN35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 0, 20, 5, 14, 13, 15, 12, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.7Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 40 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 19.

LAL over DEN1UTA over SEA1MIL over BOS2WAS over TOR2NOH over LAC6HOU over CLE6GSW over MEM7MIN over NJN13PHX over NYK18DET over CHI19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Ray Allen 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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 22, 15, 23, 31, 8, 20, 26, 40SEA vs UTA · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35, 28, 40, 35LAL @ DEN · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 24, 20, 27, 28, 35, 16, 26, 35DEN vs LAL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 4, 5, 5, 10, 7, 8, 8, 29MIN vs NJN · W
7.9 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 12, 17, 19, 18, 18, 0, 6, 28GSW @ MEM · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 13, 13, 29, 19, 23, 17, 34, 26NOH vs LAC · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 9 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+7.3 27.4 last 10 · 20.1 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.8 21.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
James PoseyMEM+5.7 18.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eddy CurryCHI+5.3 19.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−5.3 9.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−5.0 3.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Charlie WardSAS−4.3 2.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.3 4.1 last 10 · 8.4 season