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Thursday, February 4, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAS by 8 after three quarters and won 96–93.

Final · Box score
Heat86
Cavs102
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +16
Final · Box score
Spurs93
Blazers96
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -8; Q4 POR +3
On this day · 2008–09Feb 4, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (Cavs-Knicks), 52 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Blazers

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat San Antonio

LeBron James goes for 36 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-2-8+3POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2429211993
Blazers2625153096
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 21, 16, 25, 20, 21, 17, 27, 28POR28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 28, 14, 14, 2, 4, 10, 20, 21POR21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 22, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 20, 21SAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 11, 4, 25, 20, 22, 20, 10, 18SAS18 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Heat-Cavs

Cleveland leads Miami wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 102–86. Best quarter: the first, 29–28. LeBron James led Cleveland with 36 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Cavs-Heat
LeBron James · CLEDwyane Wade · MIAPTS3624REB73AST89Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Blazers11
Heat-Cavs10
The night in charts
Spurs-Blazers combined for 189, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 93, Blazers 96
189
Heat-CavsHeat 86, Cavs 102
188
POR won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 93, Blazers 96
+3 POR
Heat-CavsHeat 86, Cavs 102
+16 CLE
Beasley shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BeasleyMIA · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
64% (9-14)
HicksonCLE · 12 PTS, 5 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
LeBronCLE · 36 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
AldridgePOR · 28 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
55% (12-22)
ParkerSAS · 18 PTS, 6 AST, 1 REB, 1 STL
50% (8-16)
Final · Spurs-Blazers
Spurs 93Blazers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2429211993
Blazers2625153096
The story
LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 13 rebounds as Portland beat San Antonio 96-93

Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 15 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST 28 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST · 12-22 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Trail Blazers took the fourth 30-19.

POR lead by quarter
200 +2−2−8+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Cavs
Heat 86Cavs 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2824211386
Cavs29272521102
The story
JJ Hickson's 12 points carried Cleveland past Miami, 102-86

For Miami, Dwyane Wade had 24 PTS, 9 AST, 3 REB 12 PTS, 5 REB · 6-10 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 21-13, was where the Cavaliers built it.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +1+4+8+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 37, 37, 32, 12, 22, 32, 22, 36Cavs-Heat · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 21, 16, 25, 20, 21, 17, 27, 28Blazers-Spurs · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 27, 32, 35, 22, 21, 23, 30, 24Heat-Cavs · L
27.0 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 6, 15, 21, 16, 6, 16, 13, 21Heat-Cavs · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 22, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 20, 21Spurs-Blazers · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 28, 14, 14, 2, 4, 10, 20, 21Blazers-Spurs · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Carlos DelfinoMIL+6.2 16.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+5.0 25.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.9 24.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.0 5.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Larry HughesNYK−5.8 4.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Vince CarterORL−5.8 9.8 last 10 · 15.6 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.6 15.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season