FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 2, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed GSW by 7 after the first quarter and won 89–86.

Final
CLE73
MIA101
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +28
Final
SAS89
GSW86
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +3
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 · 2004–05Feb 2, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Brad Miller (SAC @ GSW), 38 points.
The lead · SAS @ GSW

San Antonio wins a tight one over Golden State

89–86. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 23 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2-1+3SAS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2123271889
GSW2818261486
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 38, 13, 8, 14, 25, 17, 20, 23SAS23 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 20, 15, 16, 8, 14, 10, 22, 18SAS18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 16, 13, 16, 22, 15, 11, 18, 22GSW22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 25, 22, 13, 26, 29, 29, 35, 17GSW17 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIA

Miami leads Cleveland wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 101–73. Best quarter: the second, 28–18. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs CLE
Dwyane Wade · MIALeBron James · CLEPTS2429REB45AST67Top 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
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 51, 23, 38, 30, 44, 30, 26, 29CLE @ MIA · L
31.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 34, 36, 22, 25, 25, 32, 28, 24MIA vs CLE · W
26.8 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 38, 13, 8, 14, 25, 17, 20, 23SAS @ GSW · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 16, 13, 16, 22, 15, 11, 18, 22GSW vs SAS · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 23, 27, 20, 15, 23, 24, 25, 21MIA vs CLE · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 20, 15, 16, 8, 14, 10, 22, 18SAS @ GSW · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.9 19.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.5 27.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Luke RidnourSEA+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.8 14.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.0 6.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.9 9.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 9.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Ricky DavisMIN−4.2 15.2 last 10 · 19.4 season
JR SmithNOK−4.2 4.9 last 10 · 9.1 season