FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 19, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BOS by 5 after the first quarter and won 102–100.

Final · Box score
Kings75
Wolves92
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +17
Final · Box score
Sixers112
Sonics101
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +11
Final · Box score
Celtics100
Clippers102
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +2
On this day · 2002–03Feb 19, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Jazz), 40 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Clippers

Elton Brand posts 39 and 11 as Clippers beat Boston

Allen Iverson goes for 40 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+1+10+2LAC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics36221725100
Clippers31282617102
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 15, 28, 12, 24, 19, 39LAC39 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Keyon DoolingPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 4, 0, 3, 4, 0, 2, 10, 16LAC16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 21, 13, 11, 20, 10, 8, 32, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jiri WelschPoints, last 10 games: 19, 3, 10, 20, 12, 6, 9, 12, 5, 20BOS20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Sixers-Sonics

Philadelphia leads Seattle wire to wire

Philadelphia was ahead at every break and won 112–101. Best quarter: the first, 32–25. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 40 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over BOS2PHI over SEA11MIN over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over SEA.
Lead changes
Sixers-Sonics2
Kings-Wolves0
The night in charts
Sixers-Sonics combined for 213, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Sixers-SonicsSixers 112, Sonics 101
213
Celtics-ClippersCeltics 100, Clippers 102
202
Kings-WolvesKings 75, Wolves 92
167
LAC won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Celtics-ClippersCeltics 100, Clippers 102
+2 LAC
Sixers-SonicsSixers 112, Sonics 101
+11 PHI
Kings-WolvesKings 75, Wolves 92
+17 MIN
Brand shot 14-of-22 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BrandLAC · 39 PTS, 11 REB, 6 BLK, 4 STL
64% (14-22)
Flip MurraySEA · 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
WelschBOS · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
Glenn RobinsonPHI · 26 PTS, 2 REB
56% (10-18)
Ricky DavisBOS · 23 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL
50% (7-14)
Final · Celtics-Clippers
Celtics 100Clippers 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics36221725100
Clippers31282617102
The story
Corey Maggette had 15 points and 10 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Boston 102-100

Jiri Welsch led Boston with 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 15 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST · 5-11 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

The Clippers won the third 26-17, their biggest quarter edge.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −5+1+10+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Sonics
Sixers 112Sonics 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers32272429112
Sonics25242527101
The story
Glenn Robinson's 26 points carried Philadelphia past Seattle, 112-101

For Seattle, Flip Murray had 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 26 PTS, 2 REB · 10-18 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 32-25, was where the 76ers built it.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +7+10+9+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Wolves
Kings 75Wolves 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings1618261575
Wolves2320202992
The story
Minnesota beat Sacramento 92-75 behind 24 rebounds and 22 points from Kevin Garnett

Peja Stojakovic paced Sacramento: 15 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 24 REB, 22 PTS, 4 AST · 8-19 FG

The swing

A 29-15 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Timberwolves.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +7+9+3+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 52 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg22.1Last 3

22.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 40

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 28, 36, 39, 15, 27, 25, 27, 40Sixers-Sonics · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 15, 28, 12, 24, 19, 39Clippers-Celtics · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 27, 23, 22, 18, 22, 15, 23, 31Sonics-Sixers · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 27, 18, 26, 19, 9, 15, 13, 26Sixers-Sonics · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 21, 13, 11, 20, 10, 8, 32, 23Celtics-Clippers · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 30, 17, 35, 30, 31, 17, 32, 22Wolves-Kings · W
24.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 24 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+6.8 17.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Tracy McGradyORL+6.0 33.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.3 24.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.4 7.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.2 10.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Baron DavisNOH−3.9 19.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Tim ThomasNYK−3.9 9.9 last 10 · 13.8 season