FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 5, 2012Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MEM80
BOS98
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +18
Final
TOR89
MIA95
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +6
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 · 2010–11Feb 5, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Paul Millsap (UTA vs OKC), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ MIA

LeBron James scores 30 in Miami win over Toronto

Final: 95–89. LeBron James added 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+5+13+6MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2721142789
MIA3122222095
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35, 22, 40, 19, 30MIA30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23, 26, 25MIA25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 4, 17, 8, 27, 9, 8, 11, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 2, 5, 18, 17, 14, 14, 3, 17TOR17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MEM @ BOS

Boston leads Memphis wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 98–80. Best quarter: the fourth, 29–19. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs MEM
Kevin Garnett · BOSRudy Gay · MEMPTS2421REB97AST23Top 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.
Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.7Season avg28.1Last 3

28.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 30

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: 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35, 22, 40, 19, 30MIA vs TOR · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 4, 17, 8, 27, 9, 8, 11, 25TOR @ MIA · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23, 26, 25MIA vs TOR · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 14, 12, 13, 14, 13, 7, 15, 24BOS vs MEM · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 19, 24, 28, 18, 20, 17, 30, 21BOS vs MEM · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 11, 24, 18, 1, 20, 21, 23, 21MEM @ BOS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 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
Anthony MorrowNJN+3.9 18.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Paul PierceBOS+3.7 22.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Dorell WrightGSW+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.5 25.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
James JohnsonTOR+3.5 10.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 25.7 last 10 · 29.4 season
Kyle LowryHOU−3.1 11.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Josh SmithATL−3.1 11.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.0 6.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season