FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 26, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT · Box score
Pacers122
Celtics119
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +1; Q4 Pacers 0; OT1 IND +3
Final · Box score
Knicks96
Lakers114
Q1 LAL +14; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +18
Final · Box score
Pistons93
Kings78
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +15
Final · Box score
Suns87
Jazz110
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +16; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +23
The lead · Pacers-Celtics

Reggie Miller scores 39, Indiana wins in overtime

David Wesley goes for 23 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5+3+10+3IND AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Pacers3221222918122
Celtics2723243015119
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 29, 34, 29, 24, 19, 12, 21, 39IND39 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Rik SmitsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 17, 14, 8, 28, 12, 18, 22, 19IND19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 16, 14, 31, 17, 10, 2, 22, 33BOS33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 22, 10, 12, 19, 10, 14, 12, 23BOS23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
The night in charts
Pacers-Celtics combined for 241, 31 more than any other game
Points by game
Pacers-CelticsPacers 122, Celtics 119
241
Knicks-LakersKnicks 96, Lakers 114
210
Suns-JazzSuns 87, Jazz 110
197
Pistons-KingsPistons 93, Kings 78
171
IND won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Pacers-CelticsPacers 122, Celtics 119
+3 IND
Pistons-KingsPistons 93, Kings 78
+15 DET
Knicks-LakersKnicks 96, Lakers 114
+18 LAL
Suns-JazzSuns 87, Jazz 110
+23 UTA
Reggie shot 11-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ReggieIND · 39 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB
65% (11-17)
WesleyBOS · 23 PTS, 10 AST, 4 STL, 3 REB
64% (7-11)
FoxBOS · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
CeballosLAL · 27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
61% (11-18)
RadjaBOS · 33 PTS, 8 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
60% (12-20)
Final · Pacers-Celtics
Pacers 122Celtics 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Pacers3221222918122
Celtics2723243015119
The story
Rik Smits had 19 points and 13 rebounds as Indiana beat Boston 122-119 in OT

Rick Fox led Boston with 19 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 19 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST · 7-15 FG

The swing

The Pacers won the first 32-27, their biggest quarter edge.

IND lead by quarter
200 +5+3+10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Knicks-Lakers
Knicks 96Lakers 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2231222196
Lakers36252924114
The story
Los Angeles beat New York 114-96 behind 27 points from Cedric Ceballos

Derek Harper paced New York: 16 PTS 27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST · 11-18 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 36-22 first quarter did the most damage for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +14+8+15+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Anthony Mason topped the game at 49.8 FPTS: 23 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST

Final · Suns-Jazz
Suns 87Jazz 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns1529271687
Jazz26342525110
The story
Karl Malone's 28 points carried Utah past Phoenix, 110-87

For Phoenix, Charles Barkley had 17 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST 28 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST · 10-20 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 26-15, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
300 +11+16+14+23 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

John Stockton was the fantasy play: 50.4 FPTS on 16 PTS, 11 AST, 7 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · Pistons-Kings

Detroit leads Sacramento wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 93–78. Best quarter: the third, 25–20. Grant Hill led Detroit with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over BOS3DET over SAC15LAL over NYK18UTA over PHX23Final margin, points. Pink = DET over SAC.
Top performances

Reggie Miller leads the day with 39

Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 29, 34, 29, 24, 19, 12, 21, 39Pacers-Celtics · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Dino RadjaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 16, 14, 31, 17, 10, 2, 22, 33Celtics-Pacers · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 22, 36, 21, 30, 24, 26, 15, 28Jazz-Suns · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 15, 15, 27, 21, 23, 27, 26, 27Lakers-Knicks · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 10, 15, 15, 10, 24, 24, 14, 23Knicks-Lakers · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 22, 10, 12, 19, 10, 14, 12, 23Celtics-Pacers · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chris ChildsNJN+6.3 18.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Matt GeigerCHH+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Byron ScottVAN+4.7 15.2 last 10 · 10.5 season
George McCloudDAL+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Todd DayBOS−6.0 4.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
A.C. GreenPHX−5.5 3.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−5.1 17.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Christian LaettnerATL−4.7 12.9 last 10 · 17.6 season