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Sunday, February 5, 2012Regular 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
Grizzlies80
Celtics98
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +18
Final · Box score
Raptors89
Heat95
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +6
On this day · 2010–11Feb 5, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Paul Millsap (Jazz-Thunder), 34 points.
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The lead · Raptors-Heat

LeBron James scores 30 in Miami win over Toronto

Rudy Gay goes for 21 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+5+13+6MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2721142789
Heat3122222095
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35, 22, 40, 19, 30MIA30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23, 26, 25MIA25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 4, 17, 8, 27, 9, 8, 11, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 2, 5, 18, 17, 14, 14, 3, 17TOR17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Grizzlies-Celtics

Boston leads Memphis wire to wire

Boston was ahead at every break and won 98–80. Best quarter: the fourth, 29–19. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Celtics-Grizzlies
Kevin Garnett · BOSRudy Gay · MEMPTS2421REB97AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Raptors-Heat6
Grizzlies-Celtics3
The night in charts
Raptors-Heat combined for 184, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-HeatRaptors 89, Heat 95
184
Grizzlies-CelticsGrizzlies 80, Celtics 98
178
MIA won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Raptors-HeatRaptors 89, Heat 95
+6 MIA
Grizzlies-CelticsGrizzlies 80, Celtics 98
+18 BOS
KG shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KGBOS · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
LeBronMIA · 30 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
D WadeMIA · 25 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 2 BLK
57% (8-14)
DeRozanTOR · 25 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
50% (8-16)
GayMEM · 21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
50% (8-16)
Final · Raptors-Heat
Raptors 89Heat 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors2721142789
Heat3122222095
The story
Dwyane Wade had 25 points as Miami beat Toronto 95-89

Jerryd Bayless led Toronto with 17 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB · 8-14 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the third 22-14, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +4+5+13+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Celtics
Grizzlies 80Celtics 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies1619261980
Celtics2419262998
The story
Kevin Garnett's 24 points carried Boston past Memphis, 98-80

For Memphis, O.J. Mayo had 15 PTS, 2 REB 24 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 9-12 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 29-19, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +8+8+8+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−5.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.7Season avg28.1Last 3

28.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg39.4Today

39 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 30

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35, 22, 40, 19, 30Heat-Raptors · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 4, 17, 8, 27, 9, 8, 11, 25Raptors-Heat · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23, 26, 25Heat-Raptors · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 14, 12, 13, 14, 13, 7, 15, 24Celtics-Grizzlies · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 34, 19, 24, 28, 18, 20, 17, 30, 21Celtics-Grizzlies · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 11, 24, 18, 1, 20, 21, 23, 21Grizzlies-Celtics · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Anthony MorrowNJN+3.9 18.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Paul PierceBOS+3.7 22.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Dorell WrightGSW+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.5 25.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
James JohnsonTOR+3.5 10.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 25.7 last 10 · 29.4 season
Kyle LowryHOU−3.1 11.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Josh SmithATL−3.1 11.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.0 6.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season