FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 1, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 5 after the first quarter and won 93–85.

Final · Box score
Blazers88
Sixers82
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +6
Final · Box score
Kings117
Mavs127
Q1 Mavs 0; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +10
Final · Box score
Rockets85
Lakers93
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +8
On this day · 2002–03Apr 1, 2003: 8 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (Suns-Nuggets), 33 points.
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The lead · Rockets-Lakers

Lakers keep rolling, beat Houston

Kobe Bryant goes for 26 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+7+1+8LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2317261985
Lakers1829202693
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36, 35, 34, 23, 26LAL26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 17, 14, 14, 11, 4, 19, 11, 20LAL20 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 25, 16, 10, 17, 4, 19, 17, 26HOU26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 19, 17, 22, 17, 17, 23, 17, 17HOU17 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Lead changes
Kings-Mavs1
Blazers-Sixers1
The night in charts
Kings-Mavs combined for 244, 66 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-MavsKings 117, Mavs 127
244
Rockets-LakersRockets 85, Lakers 93
178
Blazers-SixersBlazers 88, Sixers 82
170
POR won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Blazers-SixersBlazers 88, Sixers 82
+6 POR
Rockets-LakersRockets 85, Lakers 93
+8 LAL
Kings-MavsKings 117, Mavs 127
+10 DAL
Jamison shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
JamisonDAL · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
NashDAL · 20 PTS, 19 AST, 4 REB
62% (8-13)
FinleyDAL · 29 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
59% (13-22)
McKiePHI · 13 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
55% (6-11)
MilesPOR · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Blazers-Sixers
Blazers 88Sixers 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2424182288
Sixers1525202282
The story
Darius Miles had 18 points and 10 rebounds as Portland beat Philadelphia 88-82

Samuel Dalembert led Philadelphia with 19 REB, 11 PTS 18 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 7-13 FG

The swing

The Trail Blazers won the first 24-15, their biggest quarter edge.

POR lead by quarter
200 +9+8+6+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Rockets-Lakers
Rockets 85Lakers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Rockets2317261985
Lakers1829202693
The story
Karl Malone's 20 points and 14 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Houston, 93-85

For Houston, Steve Francis had 17 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB 20 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST · 5-12 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 5 going into the second, then won it 29-17.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −5+7+1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Mavs
Kings 117Mavs 127
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings30203136117
Mavs30373426127
The story
Dallas beat Sacramento 127-117 behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from Dirk Nowitzki

Chris Webber paced Sacramento: 22 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST 27 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 8-18 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 37-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
200 0+17+20+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 48 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 77 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 25.7 a game in 75 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 19 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Blazers-Sixers

Portland leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Portland was ahead at every break and won 88–82. Best quarter: the first, 24–15. Darius Miles led Portland with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over PHI6LAL over HOU8DAL over SAC10Final margin, points. Pink = POR over PHI.
Top performances

Michael Finley leads the day with 29

Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 38, 14, 17, 8, 15, 10, 2, 29Mavs-Kings · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 24, 21, 30, 22, 25, 25, 35, 27Mavs-Kings · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 27, 27, 22, 36, 35, 34, 23, 26Lakers-Rockets · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 25, 16, 10, 17, 4, 19, 17, 26Rockets-Lakers · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 20, 25, 20, 27, 12, 21, 14, 23Kings-Mavs · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 16, 24, 13, 17, 18, 23, 14, 22Kings-Mavs · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Lucious HarrisNJN+6.9 13.4 last 10 · 6.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.7 30.3 last 10 · 23.6 season
Stephen JacksonATL+6.5 23.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+5.9 24.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−7.5 9.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season
Sam CassellMIN−5.0 14.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Dion GloverTOR−5.0 4.3 last 10 · 9.3 season