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Thursday, February 1, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed CLE by 8 after three quarters and won 92–89.

Final · Box score
Cavs89
Heat92
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Box score
Spurs87
Suns103
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +16
On this day · 2005–06Feb 1, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (Celtics-Suns), 40 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Heat

Dwyane Wade scores 41, Miami holds off Cleveland

Tim Duncan goes for 20 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-3-8+3MIA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1625252389
Heat1721203492
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 33, 28, 31, 32, 37, 24, 28, 41MIA41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 7 games: 7, 21, 13, 15, 5, 11, 16MIA16 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Daniel GibsonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 10, 6, 0, 0, 11, 6, 12, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 30, 23, 30, 32, 18, 39, 30, 17CLE17 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Spurs-Suns

Phoenix beats San Antonio, 103–87

Phoenix led 72–70 after three and won by 16. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Suns-Spurs
Leandro Barbosa · PHXManu Ginobili · SASPTS2532REB32AST12Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Suns9
Cavs-Heat6
The night in charts
Spurs-Suns combined for 190, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-SunsSpurs 87, Suns 103
190
Cavs-HeatCavs 89, Heat 92
181
MIA won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Cavs-HeatCavs 89, Heat 92
+3 MIA
Spurs-SunsSpurs 87, Suns 103
+16 PHX
MIA rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Cavs-HeatMIA won · Cavs 89, Heat 92
8 pts
Spurs-SunsPHX won · Spurs 87, Suns 103
6 pts
Barbosa shot 9-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BarbosaPHX · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
60% (9-15)
ManuSAS · 32 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
55% (12-22)
ParkerSAS · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
50% (9-18)
Amar'ePHX · 24 PTS, 23 REB, 1 STL
50% (9-18)
ShaqMIA · 16 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
46% (6-13)
Final · Cavs-Heat
Cavs 89Heat 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs1625252389
Heat1721203492
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 16 points as Miami beat Cleveland 92-89

Daniel Gibson led Cleveland with 19 PTS 16 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 6-13 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Heat took the fourth 34-23.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +1−3−8+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Suns
Spurs 87Suns 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2231171787
Suns16342231103
The story
Amar'e Stoudemire's 24 points and 23 rebounds carried Phoenix past San Antonio, 103-87

For San Antonio, Manu Ginobili had 32 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 23 REB · 9-18 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 31-17, was where the Suns built it.

PHX lead by quarter
200 −6−3+2+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg28.9Today

29 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 35, 33, 28, 31, 32, 37, 24, 28, 41Heat-Cavs · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high41 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 19, 12, 15, 15, 17, 21, 10, 32Spurs-Suns · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 20, 20, 10, 15, 7, 19, 17, 25Suns-Spurs · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 42, 22, 23, 25, 15, 30, 21, 22, 10, 24Suns-Spurs · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 23 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 12, 17, 21, 37, 26, 21, 25, 20Spurs-Suns · L
20.5 PPG season to date · −0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 23, 8, 15, 10, 18, 19, 27, 20Spurs-Suns · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nick CollisonSEA+8.4 18.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.3 21.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+6.1 23.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Delonte WestBOS+5.6 16.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Luke RidnourSEA−5.5 7.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.0 7.4 last 10 · 11.4 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.0 9.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Eduardo NajeraDEN−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season