FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, April 4, 2004Regular season · 9 games
← Apr 3CalendarApr 5 →

9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed HOU by 7 at halftime and won 99–94.

Final
IND61
DET79
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +18
Final
SAC99
HOU94
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +5
Final
MIL90
TOR83
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +7
Final
BOS102
WAS112
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +10
Final
SAS95
LAL89
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +6
Final
MEM82
MIN90
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +8
Final
ATL89
NJN106
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +17
Final
NOH88
SEA96
Q1 SEA +12; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +8
Final
UTA97
LAC92
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +5
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 4, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs SAC), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ HOU

Sacramento takes care of Houston

A 5-point win, 99–94. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-7+10+5SAC AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2323322199
HOU2429152694
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 17, 29, 21, 20, 29, 19, 21, 28SAC28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 24, 13, 17, 18, 23, 14, 22, 19SAC19 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 28, 25, 14, 27, 16, 6, 23, 21HOU21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 5, 13, 9, 14, 10, 16, 13, 15, 18HOU18 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 62 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 67 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · UTA @ LAC

Utah tops Clippers in Los Angeles

Final: 97–92. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over HOU5UTA over LAC5SAS over LAL6MIL over TOR7MIN over MEM8SEA over NOH8WAS over BOS10NJN over ATL17DET over IND18Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over LAC.
Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 36

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.
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 14, 6, 9, 15, 24, 7, 13, 36MIN vs MEM · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 0, 11, 11, 27, 30, 29, 12, 32WAS vs BOS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 0, 8, 23, 30, 12, 18, 32, 22, 31WAS vs BOS · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 17, 20, 7, 27, 28, 29, 21, 31ATL @ NJN · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 15, 11, 16, 12, 14, 12, 7, 29SAS @ LAL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 17, 29, 21, 20, 29, 19, 21, 28SAC @ HOU · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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+9.1 16.0 last 10 · 6.9 season
Chris CrawfordATL+8.9 17.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Rodney RogersNJN+6.6 14.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.8 23.3 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−6.4 10.6 last 10 · 17.0 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Donyell MarshallTOR−5.3 9.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season