FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, June 3, 2012Playoffs · 1 game
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1 game, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT · CF · G4 · Box score
Heat91
Celtics93
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 BOS +2
The lead · Conference finals · Game 4 · Heat-Celtics

Boston evens the series with Miami at 2–2

Kevin Garnett goes for 17 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+11+14+50+2BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Heat23242121291
Celtics34271216493
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 24, 16, 24, 15, 12, 21, 23, 23BOS23 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 9, 20, 20, 18, 23, 18, 24, 17BOS17 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 22, 40, 30, 28, 32, 34, 34, 29MIA29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 5, 30, 28, 41, 22, 23, 18, 20MIA20 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Final · Heat-Celtics
Heat 91Celtics 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Heat23242121291
Celtics34271216493
The story
Paul Pierce had 23 points as Boston beat Miami 93-91 in OT

Udonis Haslem led Miami with 17 REB, 12 PTS, 2 AST 23 PTS, 6 REB · 8-18 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the first 34-23, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +11+14+50+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+14.8points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
11.9Reg. season avg26.7Last 3 playoff games

26.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 11.9 in the regular season (53 games). Today: 15 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.8minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Reg. season avg15.3Last 3 playoff games

15.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 21.1 in the regular season (64 games). Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Reg. season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in the regular season (65 games). Line: 6 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 22, 40, 30, 28, 32, 34, 34, 29Heat-Celtics · L
29.9 PPG playoffs to date · −0.9 vs his playoff average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 24, 16, 24, 15, 12, 21, 23, 23Celtics-Heat · W
19.4 PPG playoffs to date · +3.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 5, 30, 28, 41, 22, 23, 18, 20Heat-Celtics · L
23.0 PPG playoffs to date · −3.2 vs his playoff average before tonight
20 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 9, 20, 20, 18, 23, 18, 24, 17Celtics-Heat · W
19.5 PPG playoffs to date · −2.7 vs his playoff average before tonight
17 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 3, 5, 5, 9, 11, 6, 13, 10, 16Celtics-Heat · W
10.3 PPG playoffs to date · +6.1 vs his playoff average before tonight
16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 15, 13, 9, 18, 16, 44, 21, 15Celtics-Heat · W
17.4 PPG playoffs to date · −2.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
15 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Lead changes
Heat-Celtics6