FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 3, 2008Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
LAL103
WAS91
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +22; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +12
Final
DAL67
DET90
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +23
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 · 2006–07Feb 3, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ WAS), 39 points.
The lead · LAL @ WAS

Kobe Bryant scores 30 as Lakers win in Washington

Final: 103–91. Kobe Bryant made 10 of 15 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+15+22+24+12LAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL30332317103
WAS1526212991
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 48, 30, 17, 29, 40, 33, 24, 39, 46, 30LAL30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 0, 7, 0, 0, 6, 7, 6, 15LAL15 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 23, 10, 24, 21, 24, 11, 31, 21WAS21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 21, 24, 22, 25, 10, 19, 40, 15WAS15 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · DAL @ DET

Detroit never trails at a break against Dallas

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 90–67. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs DAL
Rasheed Wallace · DETDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS2115REB910AST32Top 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
28.4Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 28.4 in 45 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg18.4Last 3

18.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg30.2Today

30 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 30

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: 48, 30, 17, 29, 40, 33, 24, 39, 46, 30LAL @ WAS · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 23, 10, 24, 21, 24, 11, 31, 21WAS vs LAL · L
21.3 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 7, 4, 15, 7, 15, 24, 6, 21DET vs DAL · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 15, 12, 20, 16, 8, 17, 22, 16DET vs DAL · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 21, 24, 22, 25, 10, 19, 40, 15WAS vs LAL · L
21.7 PPG season to date · −6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 20, 21, 20, 26, 32, 20, 31, 15DAL @ DET · L
22.3 PPG season to date · −7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
Linas KleizaDEN+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Al ThorntonLAC+5.8 15.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kareem RushIND+5.7 14.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.4 18.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.1 33.6 last 10 · 28.5 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.8 7.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.9 6.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Ricky DavisMIA−5.7 8.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season