FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 26, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed LAL by 8 at halftime and won 103–101.

Final
CHI87
WAS95
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +8
Final
SAS91
DAL115
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +24
Final
SAC103
LAL101
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +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 26, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (PHX @ MIL), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ LAL

Peja Stojakovic scores 37 as Sacramento wins in Los Angeles

Final: 103–101. Peja Stojakovic made 12 of 18 shots from the field. Kobe Bryant scored 35 for Lakers in the loss.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-8-1+2SAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC28213123103
LAL29282420101
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 31, 25, 28, 15, 24, 27, 27, 37SAC37 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 24, 26, 19, 11, 17, 21, 28, 31SAC31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35, 28, 40, 35, 35LAL35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 25, 24, 21, 31, 29, 19, 16, 24LAL24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ WAS

Chicago's skid reaches four

Washington won 95–87; the Bulls fall to 16–42. Gilbert Arenas led Washington with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
L@ SEA97–109W@ UTA95–79L@ HOU80–82Lvs IND84–103Wvs BOS107–87Wvs TOR75–73Lvs SAC83–91Lvs MEM98–105Lvs DET88–107L@ WAS87–95CHI: last 10 games through Feb 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.0Season avg34.6Last 5

34.6 points a game over his last five games, against 23.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Peja Stojakovic leads the day with 37

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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 31, 25, 28, 15, 24, 27, 27, 37SAC @ LAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35, 28, 40, 35, 35LAL vs SAC · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 30, 24, 26, 19, 11, 17, 21, 28, 31SAC @ LAL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 11, 24, 25, 15, 23, 19, 20, 30DAL vs SAS · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 25, 24, 21, 31, 29, 19, 16, 24LAL vs SAC · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 40, 23, 27, 24, 18, 25, 16, 23DAL vs SAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 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
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
Brian CardinalGSW+5.0 15.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−5.0 3.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.7 9.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.3 4.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.0 9.0 last 10 · 13.0 season