FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 10, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed BOS by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–78.

Final · Box score
Sixers99
Celtics78
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +21
Final · Box score
Kings104
Lakers117
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
On this day · 2001–02Apr 10, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (Hawks-Hornets), 33 points.
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The lead · Sixers-Celtics

Philadelphia rolls past Boston, 99–78

Kobe Bryant goes for 34 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-1+13+21PHI AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2023362099
Celtics2420221278
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 28, 38, 42, 24, 8, 24, 37, 25PHI25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 12, 18, 24, 16, 17, 6, 16, 15PHI15 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 25, 27, 34, 28, 40, 36, 20, 24BOS24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 12, 13, 18, 11, 15, 7, 24, 12BOS12 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Kings-Lakers

Lakers make it six straight

Lakers beat Sacramento 117–104 and moved to 48–31. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
W@ ATL108–91W@ HOU96–93Wvs WAS108–94L@ SEA98–119Wvs MEM110–94W@ DAL100–89W@ MEM102–101Wvs PHX115–113Wvs DAL108–99Wvs SAC117–104
The night in charts
Kings-Lakers combined for 221, 44 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-LakersKings 104, Lakers 117
221
Sixers-CelticsSixers 99, Celtics 78
177
LAL won the closest game by 13
Closest finishes
Kings-LakersKings 104, Lakers 117
+13 LAL
Sixers-CelticsSixers 99, Celtics 78
+21 PHI
PHI rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Sixers-CelticsPHI won · Sixers 99, Celtics 78
4 pts
Kings-LakersLAL won · Kings 104, Lakers 117
2 pts
Shaq shot 14-of-23 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ShaqLAL · 32 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
61% (14-23)
BibbySAC · 24 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB
58% (7-12)
WebberSAC · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
50% (10-20)
McKiePHI · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
50% (5-10)
FisherLAL · 17 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
46% (6-13)
Final · Kings-Lakers
Kings 104Lakers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings27262625104
Lakers25293528117
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 32 points and 16 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Sacramento 117-104

Chris Webber led Sacramento with 24 PTS, 9 REB 32 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST · 14-23 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the third 35-26, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −2+1+10+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Celtics
Sixers 99Celtics 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2023362099
Celtics2420221278
The story
Allen Iverson's 25 points carried Philadelphia past Boston, 99-78

For Boston, Paul Pierce had 24 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST 25 PTS, 5 STL, 3 AST, 2 REB · 11-27 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The 76ers trailed by 1 going into the third, then won it 36-22.

PHI lead by quarter
300 −4−1+13+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 78 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 34

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 55, 14, 29, 19, 21, 26, 14, 34Lakers-Kings · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 31, 39, 26, 34, 34, 31, 33, 22, 14, 32Lakers-Kings · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 28, 38, 42, 24, 8, 24, 37, 25Sixers-Celtics · W
27.4 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 25, 27, 34, 28, 40, 36, 20, 24Celtics-Sixers · L
26.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 21, 22, 22, 28, 27, 21, 20, 24Kings-Lakers · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 16, 7, 17, 17, 12, 14, 15, 24Kings-Lakers · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jamal CrawfordCHI+9.6 19.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Dion GloverATL+5.7 15.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rodney WhiteDEN+4.6 13.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Tyronn LueWAS+4.5 13.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Steve FrancisHOU−6.3 14.9 last 10 · 21.2 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.1 9.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Brad MillerIND−5.0 8.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Travis BestMIA−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.9 15.3 last 10 · 20.2 season