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Sunday, February 1, 2015Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIA83
BOS75
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +8
Final
LAL80
NYK92
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +12
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 · 2013–14Feb 1, 2014: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ ATL), 43 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Boston's skid reaches three

Miami won 83–75; the Celtics fall to 16–30. Hassan Whiteside led Miami with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 0 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+10+13+2+8MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2519172283
BOS1516281675
Who led
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 15, 10, 4, 10, 14, 16, 16, 20MIA20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 30, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 12, 18MIA18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tyler ZellerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 7, 7, 11, 15, 14, 6, 7, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 3, 18, 18, 15, 12, 13, 10, 17BOS17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAL @ NYK

New York never trails at a break against Lakers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 92–80. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs LAL
Carmelo Anthony · NYKCarlos Boozer · LALPTS3119REB810AST21Top 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
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 31

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 13, 19, 25, 24, 27, 25, 31, 18, 31NYK vs LAL · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Hassan WhitesidePoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 15, 10, 4, 10, 14, 16, 16, 20MIA @ BOS · W
9.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 9, 7, 6, 10, 18, 4, 16, 19LAL @ NYK · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jordan ClarksonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 2, 6, 6, 11, 8, 18, 18, 19LAL @ NYK · L
6.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 30, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 12, 18MIA @ BOS · W
21.0 PPG season to date · −3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Tyler ZellerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 7, 7, 11, 15, 14, 6, 7, 17BOS vs MIA · L
9.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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
Victor OladipoORL+5.1 21.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Mo WilliamsMIN+5.0 17.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.7 27.4 last 10 · 22.7 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.7 23.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Elfrid PaytonORL+4.6 12.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.6 8.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Al JeffersonCHA−5.5 11.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Tobias HarrisORL−5.0 11.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cory JosephSAS−5.0 4.0 last 10 · 9.0 season