FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 12, 1996Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 125–118.

Final · Box score
Jazz89
Hawks115
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +26
Final · Box score
Heat125
Mavs118
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -7; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +7
Final · Box score
Magic93
Nuggets110
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +17
Final · Box score
Spurs106
Warriors98
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
Blazers105
Lakers99
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +6
Final · Box score
Suns98
Nets88
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +10
Final · Box score
Raptors110
Sixers118
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +8
The lead · Heat-Mavs

Alonzo Mourning scores 40 as Miami beats Dallas

Elden Campbell goes for 26 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-7-4+7MIA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat24392735125
Mavs34362424118
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 11, 18, 21, 18, 18, 15, 11, 40MIA40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 6, 6, 11, 20, 9, 12, 8, 22MIA22 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28, 36, 28DAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 24, 32, 23, 30, 14, 13, 10, 28DAL28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
The night in charts
Heat-Mavs combined for 243, 15 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-MavsHeat 125, Mavs 118
243
Raptors-SixersRaptors 110, Sixers 118
228
Spurs-WarriorsSpurs 106, Warriors 98
204
Jazz-HawksJazz 89, Hawks 115
204
Blazers-LakersBlazers 105, Lakers 99
204
Magic-NuggetsMagic 93, Nuggets 110
203
Suns-NetsSuns 98, Nets 88
186
POR won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Blazers-LakersBlazers 105, Lakers 99
+6 POR
Heat-MavsHeat 125, Mavs 118
+7 MIA
Spurs-WarriorsSpurs 106, Warriors 98
+8 SAS
Raptors-SixersRaptors 110, Sixers 118
+8 PHI
Suns-NetsSuns 98, Nets 88
+10 PHX
Magic-NuggetsMagic 93, Nuggets 110
+17 DEN
Jazz-HawksJazz 89, Hawks 115
+26 ATL
MIA erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-MavsMIA won · Heat 125, Mavs 118
10 pts
Suns-NetsPHX won · Suns 98, Nets 88
5 pts
Blazers-LakersPOR won · Blazers 105, Lakers 99
3 pts
Kurt Thomas shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Kurt ThomasMIA · 22 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST
90% (9-10)
ZoMIA · 40 PTS, 13 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
74% (14-19)
JordanATL · 14 PTS, 5 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
Tracy MurrayTOR · 31 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
69% (11-16)
SabonisPOR · 25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
67% (10-15)
Final · Blazers-Lakers
Blazers 105Lakers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers27302523105
Lakers3025242099
The story
Portland beat Los Angeles 105-99 behind 25 points from Arvydas Sabonis

Cedric Ceballos paced Los Angeles: 23 PTS, 6 REB 25 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 10-15 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

A 30-25 second quarter erased a 3-point hole for the Trail Blazers.

POR lead by quarter
200 −3+2+3+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Mavs
Heat 125Mavs 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat24392735125
Mavs34362424118
The story
Rex Chapman had 18 points and 9 assists as Miami beat Dallas 125-118

George McCloud led Dallas with 28 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB · 7-16 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Heat took the fourth 35-24.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −10−7−4+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Sixers
Raptors 110Sixers 118
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors29263124110
Sixers30302731118
The story
Jerry Stackhouse's 34 points carried Philadelphia past Toronto, 118-110

For Toronto, Oliver Miller had 22 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 34 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL · 13-27 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 31-24, was where the 76ers built it.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +1+5+1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 60 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat Utah by 26, the widest margin of 7 games.

POR over LAL6MIA over DAL7SAS over GSW8PHI over TOR8PHX over NJN10DEN over ORL17ATL over UTA26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Alonzo Mourning leads the day with 40

Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 11, 18, 21, 18, 18, 15, 11, 40Heat-Mavs · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 6, 13, 8, 13, 23, 29, 32, 34Sixers-Raptors · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tracy MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 22, 13, 29, 12, 14, 8, 20, 31Raptors-Sixers · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 28, 26, 19, 25, 24, 17, 27, 29Jazz-Hawks · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 28, 21, 11, 28, 6, 44, 36, 28Spurs-Warriors · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 30, 22, 14, 28, 12, 28, 36, 28Mavs-Heat · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
David WesleyBOS+6.7 17.0 last 10 · 10.3 season
Hubert DavisNYK+6.3 17.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.1 14.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.4 16.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dan MajerleCLE+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.6 0.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Bimbo ColesGSW−6.4 5.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Scottie PippenCHI−6.4 14.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
Clifford RobinsonPOR−6.0 15.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season