FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, April 13, 2004Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed GSW by 10 at halftime and won 109–104.

Final · Box score
Pistons78
Raptors87
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +9
Final · Box score
Grizzlies103
Mavs110
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +7
Final · Box score
Clippers98
Suns96
Q1 Clippers 0; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +2
Final · Box score
Warriors104
Lakers109
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +5
On this day · 2002–03Apr 13, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Wally Szczerbiak (Wolves-Bulls), 44 points.
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The lead · Warriors-Lakers

Kobe Bryant scores 45 as Lakers beat Golden State

Elton Brand goes for 30 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-10-5+5LAL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors29301926104
Lakers27222436109
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33, 8, 45LAL45 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 15, 18, 23, 17, 17, 28, 10, 23LAL23 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 12, 3, 10, 10, 23, 2, 8, 22GSW22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 8, 14, 5, 7, 9, 1, 5, 20GSW20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Clippers-Suns

Clippers hold off Phoenix, 98–96

Clippers led 78–70 after three and held on to win by two. Elton Brand led Clippers with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over PHX2LAL over GSW5DAL over MEM7TOR over DET9Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over PHX.
Lead changes
Clippers-Suns10
Warriors-Lakers5
Pistons-Raptors2
Grizzlies-Mavs1
Shot of the night

Wilcox's tip-in at the buzzer breaks the tie, 98-96 final

The night in charts
Warriors-Lakers combined for 213
Points by game
Warriors-LakersWarriors 104, Lakers 109
213
Grizzlies-MavsGrizzlies 103, Mavs 110
213
Clippers-SunsClippers 98, Suns 96
194
Pistons-RaptorsPistons 78, Raptors 87
165
2 of 4 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-SunsClippers 98, Suns 96
+2 LAC
Warriors-LakersWarriors 104, Lakers 109
+5 LAL
Grizzlies-MavsGrizzlies 103, Mavs 110
+7 DAL
Pistons-RaptorsPistons 78, Raptors 87
+9 TOR
Wilcox shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
WilcoxLAC · 24 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
73% (11-15)
JamisonDAL · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
ShaqLAL · 23 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 2 BLK
69% (11-16)
WellsMEM · 27 PTS, 3 REB
67% (12-18)
NashDAL · 25 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
64% (9-14)
Final · Clippers-Suns
Clippers 98Suns 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2728232098
Suns2717262696
The story
Chris Wilcox's 24 points and 13 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 98-96

For Phoenix, Amar'e Stoudemire had 29 PTS, 14 REB 24 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST · 11-15 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 28-17, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
200 0+11+8+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Lakers
Warriors 104Lakers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors29301926104
Lakers27222436109
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 23 points and 13 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Golden State 109-104

Mickael Pietrus led Golden State with 20 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST · 11-16 FG

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Lakers took the fourth 36-26.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −2−10−5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Raptors
Pistons 78Raptors 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1918221978
Raptors2220281787
The story
Toronto beat Detroit 87-78 behind 27 points and 16 rebounds from Donyell Marshall

Ben Wallace paced Detroit: 15 PTS, 7 REB 27 PTS, 16 REB, 1 AST · 10-17 FG, 5-6 3PT

The swing

A 28-22 third quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +3+5+11+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+14.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.9Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.9 in 80 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg40.4Today

40 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 45

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 34, 23, 26, 25, 28, 12, 33, 8, 45Lakers-Warriors · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 22, 19, 27, 25, 15, 20, 23, 30Clippers-Suns · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 17, 16, 11, 16, 12, 33, 21, 30Mavs-Grizzlies · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 15, 31, 20, 19, 23, 29, 29Suns-Clippers · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 4, 2, 10, 13, 26, 5, 8, 27Raptors-Pistons · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 13, 12, 8, 6, 2, 8, 27Grizzlies-Mavs · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chris CrawfordATL+10.3 20.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Bob SuraATL+9.5 16.9 last 10 · 7.4 season
Stephen JacksonATL+7.5 25.6 last 10 · 18.1 season
James PoseyMEM+7.0 20.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+6.9 13.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−8.9 7.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Dion GloverTOR−6.6 2.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jason KiddNJN−6.1 9.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Eric WilliamsCLE−5.6 4.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Allan HoustonNYK−5.3 13.2 last 10 · 18.5 season