FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 11, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed LAC by 7 after the first quarter and won 89–87.

Final
NJN95
ATL90
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +5
Final · OT
SAC97
IND92
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +5
Final
DET68
MEM72
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +4
Final
MIN88
CHI99
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +11
Final
DAL102
HOU78
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +24
Final
CLE97
SAS116
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +19
Final
BOS98
SEA84
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +14
Final
LAL89
LAC87
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +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 · 2003–04Dec 11, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX vs NOH), 31 points.
The lead · LAL @ LAC

Kobe Bryant scores 37 as Lakers win in Los Angeles

Final: 89–87. Kobe Bryant made 13 of 32 shots from the field.

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 Q3Final0-7+4+3+2LAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2330201689
LAC3019211787
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 30, 40, 20, 20, 28, 10, 20, 37LAL37 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 17, 11, 14, 16, 7, 13, 19, 19LAL19 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 13, 9, 16, 11, 17, 34, 33, 27LAC27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mikki MoorePoints, last 10 games: 2, 18, 12, 4, 9, 13, 0, 11, 6, 18LAC18 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ IND

Sacramento needs overtime to survive Indiana

Tied 85–85 after regulation. Sacramento won the final period 12–7 for a 97–92 win. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs IND
Chris Webber · SACAustin Croshere · INDPTS2621REB108AST61Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 30, 40, 20, 20, 28, 10, 20, 37LAL @ LAC · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 20, 24, 18, 20, 12, 39, 26, 34SAS vs CLE · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 5, 17, 8, 12, 0, 21, 4, 31CHI vs MIN · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 4, 27, 6, 2, 11, 10, 27, 16, 12, 28CLE @ SAS · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 13, 9, 16, 11, 17, 34, 33, 27LAC vs LAL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 22, 25, 22, 12, 29, 18, 25, 26SAC @ IND · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 6 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
Eric WilliamsNJN+4.2 16.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Quentin RichardsonPHX+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Mike MillerMEM+3.2 15.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Bobby JacksonSAC+2.4 14.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+2.1 13.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Brent BarrySAS−4.0 2.5 last 10 · 6.5 season
Raja BellUTA−3.2 7.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−2.8 8.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Maurice TaylorHOU−2.7 5.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Chris BoshTOR−2.4 10.1 last 10 · 12.5 season