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Thursday, November 12, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Cavs111
Heat104
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +7
Final · Box score
Suns102
Lakers121
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +19
On this day · 2008–09Nov 12, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (Heat-Blazers), 36 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Heat

LeBron James scores 34 as Cleveland wins in Miami

Dwyane Wade goes for 36 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+5+8+7CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs35273019111
Heat33242720104
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 38, 23, 24, 14, 27, 25, 33, 36, 34CLE34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 12, 16, 20, 24, 15, 11, 12, 28, 25CLE25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 8 games: 26, 32, 25, 23, 40, 22, 41, 36MIA36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 8 games: 21, 12, 10, 12, 10, 7, 15, 24MIA24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Suns-Lakers

Lakers lead Phoenix wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 121–102. Best quarter: the third, 33–26. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Suns
Kobe Bryant · LALJared Dudley · PHXPTS2914REB46AST40Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Cavs-Heat2
Suns-Lakers2
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 223, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 102, Lakers 121
223
Cavs-HeatCavs 111, Heat 104
215
CLE won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Cavs-HeatCavs 111, Heat 104
+7 CLE
Suns-LakersSuns 102, Lakers 121
+19 LAL
Bynum shot 13-of-18 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BynumLAL · 26 PTS, 15 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST
72% (13-18)
Mo WilliamsCLE · 25 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
KobeLAL · 29 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST
62% (13-21)
PowellLAL · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
BeasleyMIA · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
53% (9-17)
Final · Cavs-Heat
Cavs 111Heat 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs35273019111
Heat33242720104
The story
Mo Williams had 25 points as Cleveland beat Miami 111-104

Jermaine O'Neal led Miami with 15 PTS, 9 REB 25 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 10-15 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the second 27-24, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +2+5+8+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 102Lakers 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns24212631102
Lakers31283329121
The story
Andrew Bynum's 26 points and 15 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 121-102

For Phoenix, Jared Dudley had 14 PTS, 6 REB 26 PTS, 15 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 13-18 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 31-24, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +7+14+21+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+3.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.5Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.5 in 8 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
24.42008–09 avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 2008–09 (75 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 36

Dwyane WadePoints, last 8 games: 26, 32, 25, 23, 40, 22, 41, 36Heat-Cavs · L
30.6 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 9 games: 38, 23, 24, 14, 27, 25, 33, 36, 34Cavs-Heat · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 8 games: 33, 20, 41, 31, 41, 41, 28, 29Lakers-Suns · W
33.0 PPG season to date · −4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 6 games: 26, 14, 21, 22, 17, 26Lakers-Suns · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 9 games: 12, 16, 20, 24, 15, 11, 12, 28, 25Cavs-Heat · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 8 games: 21, 12, 10, 12, 10, 7, 15, 24Heat-Cavs · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST