FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 13, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed GSW by 10 at halftime and won 109–104.

Final
DET78
TOR87
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +9
Final
MEM103
DAL110
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +7
Final
LAC98
PHX96
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +2
Final
GSW104
LAL109
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +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 13, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Wally Szczerbiak (MIN vs CHI), 44 points.
The lead · GSW @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 45 as Lakers beat Golden State

Lakers won 109–104. Kobe Bryant: 45 points, 7 rebounds, 8 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 Q3Final0-2-10-5+5LAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW29301926104
LAL27222436109
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33, 8, 45LAL45 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 15, 18, 23, 17, 17, 28, 10, 23LAL23 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 12, 3, 10, 10, 23, 2, 8, 22GSW22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 8, 14, 5, 7, 9, 1, 5, 20GSW20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAC @ PHX

Clippers hold off Phoenix, 98–96

Clippers led 78–70 after three and held on to win by two. Elton Brand led Clippers with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over PHX2LAL over GSW5DAL over MEM7TOR over DET9Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.9Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.9 in 80 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 45

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33, 8, 45LAL vs GSW · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 22, 19, 27, 25, 15, 20, 23, 30LAC @ PHX · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 17, 16, 11, 16, 12, 33, 21, 30DAL vs MEM · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 15, 31, 20, 19, 23, 29, 29PHX vs LAC · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 4, 2, 10, 13, 26, 5, 8, 27TOR vs DET · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 13, 12, 8, 6, 2, 8, 27MEM @ DAL · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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+10.3 20.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Bob SuraATL+9.5 16.9 last 10 · 7.4 season
Stephen JacksonATL+7.5 25.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
James PoseyMEM+7.0 20.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+6.9 13.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.9 7.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jason KiddNJN−6.1 9.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season