FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 30, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 99–91.

Final · Box score
Wizards84
Cavs94
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +10
Final · Box score
Celtics107
Heat120
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +13
Final · Box score
Mavs99
Lakers91
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +8
The lead · Mavs-Lakers

Dallas beats Lakers, 99–91

Anderson Varejao goes for 23 rebounds

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+2+8+8DAL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2523262599
Lakers2917202591
Who led
Darren CollisonDAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Brandan WrightDAL14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolLAL23 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantLAL22 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Wizards-Cavs

Cleveland leads Washington wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 94–84. Best quarter: the first, 31–24. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over LAL8CLE over WAS10MIA over BOS13Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over WAS.
Lead changes
Mavs-Lakers7
Wizards-Cavs5
Celtics-Heat2
The night in charts
Celtics-Heat combined for 227, 37 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-HeatCeltics 107, Heat 120
227
Mavs-LakersMavs 99, Lakers 91
190
Wizards-CavsWizards 84, Cavs 94
178
DAL won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Mavs-LakersMavs 99, Lakers 91
+8 DAL
Wizards-CavsWizards 84, Cavs 94
+10 CLE
Celtics-HeatCeltics 107, Heat 120
+13 MIA
Kobe shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KobeLAL · 22 PTS, 1 REB, 1 STL
79% (11-14)
CollisonDAL · 17 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
67% (8-12)
DwightLAL · 19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
RondoBOS · 20 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB
64% (9-14)
LeBronMIA · 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
Final · Mavs-Lakers
Mavs 99Lakers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2523262599
Lakers2917202591
The story
Darren Collison's 17 points carried Dallas past Los Angeles, 99-91

For Los Angeles, Dwight Howard had 19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB · 8-12 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Mavericks trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 23-17.

DAL lead by quarter
200 −4+2+8+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Pau Gasol was the fantasy play: 55.1 FPTS on 23 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST

Final · Wizards-Cavs
Wizards 84Cavs 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2415232284
Cavs3119242094
The story
Dion Waiters had 17 points as Cleveland beat Washington 94-84

17 PTS, 3 STL, 2 REB · 6-14 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 31-24, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +7+11+12+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Heat
Celtics 107Heat 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics25292231107
Heat31313127120
The story
Miami beat Boston 120-107 behind 29 points from Dwyane Wade

Rajon Rondo paced Boston: 20 PTS, 13 AST, 7 REB 29 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB · 10-22 FG

The swing

A 31-22 third quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +6+8+17+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

LeBron James topped the game at 49.5 FPTS: 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.5points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
18.52011–12 avg29Today

29 points today in 35 minutes, against 18.5 a game in 2011–12 (51 games).

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
13.22011–12 avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 2011–12 (43 games). Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Cooling off
−12.2points, today vs 2011–12 avg
Points per game
17.22011–12 avg5Today

5 points today in 15 minutes, against 17.2 a game in 2011–12 (65 games).

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 29

Kyrie IrvingCavs-Wizards · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadeHeat-Celtics · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesHeat-Celtics · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolLakers-Mavs · L
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Paul PierceCeltics-Heat · L
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantLakers-Mavs · L
22.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST