FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 3, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 6 at halftime and won 100–85.

Final
LAC104
BOS106
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +2
Final
LAL98
DET97
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +1
Final
MIA100
TOR85
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +15
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 · 2011–12Feb 3, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Anthony Morrow (NJN vs MIN), 42 points.
The lead · MIA @ TOR

LeBron James scores 30 as Miami wins in Toronto

Final: 100–85. LeBron James made 10 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-6+4+15MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA24202729100
TOR2129171885
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34, 24, 28, 30MIA30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 7, 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28MIA28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 26, 20, 29TOR29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 8, 12, 22, 15, 21, 23, 19, 27TOR27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ DET

Lakers never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–97. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DET1BOS over LAC2MIA over TOR15Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

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: 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34, 24, 28, 30MIA @ TOR · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 26, 20, 29TOR vs MIA · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 7, 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28MIA @ TOR · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 8, 12, 22, 15, 21, 23, 19, 27TOR vs MIA · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 7, 12, 15, 11, 10, 10, 10, 23LAC @ BOS · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high23 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 15, 13, 15, 16, 7, 14, 22, 23LAL @ DET · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 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
Jimmy ButlerCHI+7.7 14.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.4 17.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.8 15.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.7 21.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.3 19.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−5.8 8.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.1 5.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Alonzo GeeCLE−4.0 6.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Zach RandolphMEM−3.9 11.6 last 10 · 15.5 season