FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 14, 1996Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIA by 14 after the first quarter and won 120–100.

Final · Box score
Celtics73
Cavs98
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +20; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +25
Final · Box score
Lakers106
Warriors103
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Hawks106
Rockets114
Q1 Rockets 0; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +8
Final · Box score
Mavs106
Clippers110
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +4
Final · Box score
Bullets100
Nets92
Q1 WSB -2; Q2 WSB -2; Q3 WSB +8; Q4 WSB +8
Final · Box score
Heat100
Spurs120
Q1 SAS -14; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +20
The lead · Heat-Spurs

San Antonio rallies from 14 down to beat Miami

Shawn Bradley goes for 19 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14+5+20+20SAS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat31201930100
Spurs17393430120
Who led
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 21, 11, 28, 6, 44, 36, 28, 28SAS28 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Vinny Del NegroPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 24, 20, 16, 29, 18, 11, 18, 27SAS27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 22, 8, 17, 19, 23, 21, 13, 26MIA26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 18, 21, 18, 18, 15, 11, 40, 20MIA20 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Mavs-Clippers

Dallas's skid reaches five

Clippers won 110–106; the Mavericks fall to 21–42. Loy Vaught led Clippers with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
Lvs PHI115–121W@ DEN137–120W@ VAN119–111Lvs PHX114–121Wvs NJN127–117L@ CHH105–119L@ DET91–92L@ TOR112–128Lvs MIA118–125L@ LAC106–110
The night in charts
Heat-Spurs combined for 220
Points by game
Heat-SpursHeat 100, Spurs 120
220
Hawks-RocketsHawks 106, Rockets 114
220
Mavs-ClippersMavs 106, Clippers 110
216
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 106, Warriors 103
209
Bullets-NetsBullets 100, Nets 92
192
Celtics-CavsCeltics 73, Cavs 98
171
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 106, Warriors 103
+3 LAL
Mavs-ClippersMavs 106, Clippers 110
+4 LAC
Bullets-NetsBullets 100, Nets 92
+8 WSB
Hawks-RocketsHawks 106, Rockets 114
+8 HOU
Heat-SpursHeat 100, Spurs 120
+20 SAS
Celtics-CavsCeltics 73, Cavs 98
+25 CLE
SAS erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-SpursSAS won · Heat 100, Spurs 120
14 pts
Mavs-ClippersLAC won · Mavs 106, Clippers 110
6 pts
Hawks-RocketsHOU won · Hawks 106, Rockets 114
6 pts
Bullets-NetsWSB won · Bullets 100, Nets 92
2 pts
Hakeem shot 17-of-21 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HakeemHOU · 38 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 2 BLK
81% (17-21)
CampbellLAL · 20 PTS, 9 BLK, 4 REB, 2 AST
80% (8-10)
MillsCLE · 30 PTS, 5 REB
79% (11-14)
VaughtLAC · 20 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
69% (9-13)
ZoMIA · 20 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 5 BLK
67% (8-12)
Final · Lakers-Warriors
Lakers 106Warriors 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers34222426106
Warriors29222824103
The story
Elden Campbell had 20 points as Los Angeles beat Golden State 106-103

Joe Smith led Golden State with 28 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 9 BLK, 4 REB, 2 AST · 8-10 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the first 34-29, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+5+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Clippers
Mavs 106Clippers 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs28213423106
Clippers29212733110
The story
Los Angeles beat Dallas 110-106 behind 20 points and 14 rebounds from Loy Vaught

George McCloud paced Dallas: 34 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 20 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST · 9-13 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 33-23 fourth quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +1+1−6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jason Kidd topped the game at 62.6 FPTS: 31 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST

Final · Heat-Spurs
Heat 100Spurs 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat31201930100
Spurs17393430120
The story
David Robinson's 28 points and 18 rebounds carried San Antonio past Miami, 120-100

For Miami, Alonzo Mourning had 20 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST 28 PTS, 18 REB, 6 STL, 4 AST · 9-22 FG

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 14 going into the second, then won it 39-20.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −14+5+20+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Hakeem Olajuwon leads the day with 38

Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 35, 42, 29, 23, 34, 20, 42, 38Rockets-Hawks · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 32, 23, 30, 14, 13, 10, 28, 34Mavs-Clippers · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 19, 11, 26, 16, 15, 15, 24, 31Mavs-Clippers · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Chris MillsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 15, 26, 24, 17, 4, 22, 11, 30Cavs-Celtics · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 15, 15, 25, 16, 4, 19, 20, 29Hawks-Rockets · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 21, 11, 28, 6, 44, 36, 28, 28Spurs-Heat · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
David WesleyBOS+7.5 18.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+6.7 15.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Dan MajerleCLE+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Hubert DavisNYK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Shawn BradleyNJN+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
A.C. GreenPHX−7.6 0.5 last 10 · 8.1 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
Willie AndersonNYK−5.4 5.8 last 10 · 11.2 season