FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 1, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 5 after the first quarter and won 93–85.

Final
POR88
PHI82
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +6
Final
SAC117
DAL127
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +10
Final
HOU85
LAL93
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +8
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 · 2002–03Apr 1, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX vs DEN), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ LAL

Lakers keep rolling, beat Houston

That is ten in a row. Final: 93–85. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+7+1+8LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2317261985
LAL1829202693
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36, 35, 34, 23, 26LAL26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 17, 14, 14, 11, 4, 19, 11, 20LAL20 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 25, 16, 10, 17, 4, 19, 17, 26HOU26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 17, 22, 17, 17, 23, 17, 17HOU17 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 77 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 25.7 a game in 75 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 19 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · POR @ PHI

Portland leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 88–82. Best quarter: the first, 24–15. Darius Miles led Portland with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over PHI6LAL over HOU8DAL over SAC10Final margin, points. Pink = POR over PHI.
Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 29

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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 38, 14, 17, 8, 15, 10, 2, 29DAL vs SAC · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 24, 21, 30, 22, 25, 25, 35, 27DAL vs SAC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36, 35, 34, 23, 26LAL vs HOU · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 25, 16, 10, 17, 4, 19, 17, 26HOU @ LAL · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 25, 20, 27, 12, 21, 14, 23SAC @ DAL · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 16, 24, 13, 17, 18, 23, 14, 22SAC @ DAL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 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
Lucious HarrisNJN+6.9 13.4 last 10 · 6.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.7 30.3 last 10 · 23.6 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.5 23.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.9 24.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.5 9.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.0 14.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Dion GloverTOR−5.0 4.3 last 10 · 9.3 season