FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 30, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final
WAS84
CLE94
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +10
Final
BOS107
MIA120
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +13
Final
DAL99
LAL91
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Dallas beats Lakers, 99–91

Dallas led 74–66 after three and won by 8. Darren Collison led Dallas with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-4+2+8+8DAL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2523262599
LAL2917202591
Who led
Darren CollisonDAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Brandan WrightDAL14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolLAL23 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantLAL22 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · WAS @ CLE

Cleveland leads Washington wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 94–84. Best quarter: the first, 31–24. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over LAL8CLE over WAS10MIA over BOS13Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
18.52011–12 avg29Today

29 points today in 35 minutes, against 18.5 a game in 2011–12 (51 games).

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
13.22011–12 avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 2011–12 (43 games). Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Cooling off
−12.2points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
17.22011–12 avg5Today

5 points today in 15 minutes, against 17.2 a game in 2011–12 (65 games).

Top performances

Kyrie Irving 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.
Kyrie IrvingCLE vs WAS · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadeMIA vs BOS · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesMIA vs BOS · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolLAL vs DAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Paul PierceBOS @ MIA · L
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantLAL vs DAL · L
22.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST