FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 4, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAS by 8 after three quarters and won 96–93.

Final
MIA86
CLE102
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +16
Final
SAS93
POR96
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -8; Q4 POR +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 · 2008–09Feb 4, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ NYK), 52 points.
The lead · SAS @ POR

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat San Antonio

Trailing by 8 after three, Portland outscored the Spurs 30–19 the rest of the way. Final: 96–93. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-2-8+3POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2429211993
POR2625153096
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 21, 16, 25, 20, 21, 17, 27, 28POR28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 28, 14, 14, 2, 4, 10, 20, 21POR21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 22, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 20, 21SAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 11, 4, 25, 20, 22, 20, 10, 18SAS18 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · MIA @ CLE

Cleveland leads Miami wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 102–86. Best quarter: the first, 29–28. LeBron James led Cleveland with 36 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs MIA
LeBron James · CLEDwyane Wade · MIAPTS3624REB73AST89Top 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
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 37, 37, 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36CLE vs MIA · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 21, 16, 25, 20, 21, 17, 27, 28POR vs SAS · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 27, 32, 35, 22, 21, 23, 30, 24MIA @ CLE · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 6, 15, 21, 16, 6, 16, 13, 21MIA @ CLE · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 22, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 20, 21SAS @ POR · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 28, 14, 14, 2, 4, 10, 20, 21POR vs SAS · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Carlos DelfinoMIL+6.2 16.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+5.0 25.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.9 24.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.0 5.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Larry HughesNYK−5.8 4.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Vince CarterORL−5.8 9.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.6 15.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season