FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 3, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed TOR by 6 at halftime and won 100–85.

Final · Box score
Clippers104
Celtics106
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +15; Q4 BOS +2
Final · Box score
Lakers98
Pistons97
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +1
Final · Box score
Heat100
Raptors85
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +15
On this day · 2011–12Feb 3, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Anthony Morrow (Nets-Wolves), 42 points.
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The lead · Heat-Raptors

LeBron James scores 30 as Miami wins in Toronto

Eric Bledsoe goes for 23 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-6+4+15MIA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat24202729100
Raptors2129171885
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34, 24, 28, 30MIA30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 7, 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28MIA28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 26, 20, 29TOR29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 8, 12, 22, 15, 21, 23, 19, 27TOR27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Lakers-Pistons

Lakers never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–97. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DET1BOS over LAC2MIA over TOR15Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over DET.
Lead changes
Lakers-Pistons8
Heat-Raptors2
Clippers-Celtics1
The night in charts
Clippers-Celtics combined for 210, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Clippers-CelticsClippers 104, Celtics 106
210
Lakers-PistonsLakers 98, Pistons 97
195
Heat-RaptorsHeat 100, Raptors 85
185
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-PistonsLakers 98, Pistons 97
+1 LAL
Clippers-CelticsClippers 104, Celtics 106
+2 BOS
Heat-RaptorsHeat 100, Raptors 85
+15 MIA
Monroe shot 9-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MonroeDET · 20 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
64% (9-14)
BoshMIA · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
63% (12-19)
LeBronMIA · 30 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
BledsoeLAC · 23 PTS, 10 AST, 7 REB, 2 STL
60% (9-15)
BlakeLAC · 20 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
57% (8-14)
Final · Lakers-Pistons
Lakers 98Pistons 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers3230162098
Pistons2724212597
The story
Pau Gasol's 23 points and 10 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Detroit, 98-97

For Detroit, Andre Drummond had 11 REB, 9 PTS 23 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 10-18 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 30-24, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+11+6+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Celtics
Clippers 104Celtics 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers30103727104
Celtics33263314106
The story
Paul Pierce had 22 points as Boston beat Los Angeles 106-104

Jamal Crawford led Los Angeles with 23 PTS, 6 AST 22 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 7-16 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the second 26-10, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +3+19+15+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Raptors
Heat 100Raptors 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat24202729100
Raptors2129171885
The story
Miami beat Toronto 100-85 behind 23 points from Dwyane Wade

DeMar DeRozan paced Toronto: 27 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 10-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 29-18 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +3−6+4+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 30

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34, 24, 28, 30Heat-Raptors · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 26, 20, 29Raptors-Heat · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 7, 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28Heat-Raptors · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 8, 8, 12, 22, 15, 21, 23, 19, 27Raptors-Heat · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Eric BledsoePoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 7, 12, 15, 11, 10, 10, 10, 23Clippers-Celtics · L
9.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high23 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 15, 13, 15, 16, 7, 14, 22, 23Lakers-Pistons · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jimmy ButlerCHI+7.7 14.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.4 17.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.8 15.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.7 21.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.3 19.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−5.8 8.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.1 5.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Alonzo GeeCLE−4.0 6.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Zach RandolphMEM−3.9 11.6 last 10 · 15.5 season