FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, April 9, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 12 after the first quarter and won 103–95.

Final
WAS83
PHI80
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +3
Final
CLE91
MIA106
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +15
Final
TOR66
DET74
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +8
Final
NJN80
IND90
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +10
Final
BOS80
NOH89
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +9
Final
ATL116
CHI101
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +15
Final
DEN103
HOU106
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +3
Final
POR74
SAS84
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +19; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MIN92
GSW74
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +18
Final
MEM95
LAL103
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +8
Final
SAC96
PHX101
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +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 9, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs TOR), 37 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 33 in Lakers win over Memphis

Final: 103–95. Kobe Bryant added 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

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 Q3Final0-12-7+2+8LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3124172395
LAL19292629103
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 35, 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33LAL33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 22, 11, 15, 18, 23, 17, 17, 28LAL28 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 9, 0, 9, 8, 9, 5, 8, 22MEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 8, 12, 0, 7, 4, 16, 10, 21MEM21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Minnesota by 18.

WAS over PHI3HOU over DEN3PHX over SAC5DET over TOR8LAL over MEM8NOH over BOS9IND over NJN10SAS over POR10MIA over CLE15ATL over CHI15MIN over GSW18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.2Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 81 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephen Jackson 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.
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 7, 27, 28, 29, 21, 31, 26, 36ATL @ CHI · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 23, 17, 17, 9, 11, 18, 10, 33HOU vs DEN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 35, 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33LAL vs MEM · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 16, 17, 27, 27, 22, 14, 24, 29MIN @ GSW · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 9, 6, 10, 20, 21, 10, 16, 29CHI vs ATL · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 22, 11, 15, 18, 23, 17, 17, 28LAL vs MEM · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 0 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
Chris CrawfordATL+9.2 18.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+9.1 16.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Bob SuraATL+8.7 15.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Rodney RogersNJN+7.3 15.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
James PoseyMEM+6.9 20.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.6 8.0 last 10 · 16.6 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Jason KiddNJN−5.1 10.6 last 10 · 15.7 season