FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, November 12, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CLE111
MIA104
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +7
Final
PHX102
LAL121
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +19
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 · 2008–09Nov 12, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs POR), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIA

LeBron James scores 34 as Cleveland wins in Miami

Final: 111–104. LeBron James made 8 of 20 shots from the field. Dwyane Wade scored 36 for Miami in the loss.

Game flow · CLE 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+2+5+8+7CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE35273019111
MIA33242720104
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 38, 23, 24, 14, 27, 25, 33, 36, 34CLE34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 12, 16, 20, 24, 15, 11, 12, 28, 25CLE25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 8 games: 26, 32, 25, 23, 40, 22, 41, 36MIA36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 8 games: 21, 12, 10, 12, 10, 7, 15, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Lakers lead Phoenix wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 121–102. Best quarter: the third, 33–26. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs PHX
Kobe Bryant · LALJared Dudley · PHXPTS2914REB46AST40Top 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
+3.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.5Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
24.42008–09 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 2008–09 (75 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 36

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 8 games: 26, 32, 25, 23, 40, 22, 41, 36MIA vs CLE · L
30.6 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 38, 23, 24, 14, 27, 25, 33, 36, 34CLE @ MIA · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 33, 20, 41, 31, 41, 41, 28, 29LAL vs PHX · W
33.0 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 6 games: 26, 14, 21, 22, 17, 26LAL vs PHX · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 12, 16, 20, 24, 15, 11, 12, 28, 25CLE @ MIA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 8 games: 21, 12, 10, 12, 10, 7, 15, 24MIA vs CLE · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST