FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 13, 1996Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DET by 12 after three quarters and won 91–86.

Final · Box score
Mavs111
Rockets112
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +1
Final · Box score
Pistons86
Pacers91
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND -12; Q4 IND +5
Final · Box score
Jazz81
Clippers91
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +10
Final · Box score
Knicks95
Heat103
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +8
Final · Box score
Sonics81
Spurs84
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
The lead · Pistons-Pacers

Indiana climbs out of a 12-point hole against Detroit

Hakeem Olajuwon goes for 31 points

Game flow · IND margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9-8-12+5IND AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1929221686
Pacers2812183391
Who led
Derrick McKeyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 5, 17, 18, 11, 14, 12, 3, 20IND20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Ricky PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 12, 4, 7, 9, 6, 2, 4, 14IND14 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 28, 12, 24, 9, 15, 16, 12, 11, 20DET20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Terry MillsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 11, 0, 0, 13, 6, 14, 16, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Sonics-Spurs

San Antonio holds off Seattle, 84–81

San Antonio led 70–69 after three and held on to win by three. David Robinson led San Antonio with 24 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DAL1SAS over SEA3IND over DET5MIA over NYK8LAC over UTA10Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over SEA.
The night in charts
Mavs-Rockets combined for 223, 25 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-RocketsMavs 111, Rockets 112
223
Knicks-HeatKnicks 95, Heat 103
198
Pistons-PacersPistons 86, Pacers 91
177
Jazz-ClippersJazz 81, Clippers 91
172
Sonics-SpursSonics 81, Spurs 84
165
3 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Mavs-RocketsMavs 111, Rockets 112
+1 HOU
Sonics-SpursSonics 81, Spurs 84
+3 SAS
Pistons-PacersPistons 86, Pacers 91
+5 IND
Knicks-HeatKnicks 95, Heat 103
+8 MIA
Jazz-ClippersJazz 81, Clippers 91
+10 LAC
IND erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-PacersIND won · Pistons 86, Pacers 91
12 pts
Knicks-HeatMIA won · Knicks 95, Heat 103
2 pts
Sonics-SpursSAS won · Sonics 81, Spurs 84
2 pts
Harper shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HarperNYK · 17 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
64% (7-11)
StocktonUTA · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
HakeemHOU · 31 PTS, 13 REB, 10 BLK, 6 AST
62% (13-21)
ZoMIA · 25 PTS, 14 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
62% (8-13)
PierceIND · 14 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Mavs-Rockets
Mavs 111Rockets 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs21263529111
Rockets35272426112
The story
Kenny Smith had 15 points and 9 assists as Houston beat Dallas 112-111

George McCloud led Dallas with 29 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 15 PTS, 9 AST, 1 REB · 5-7 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 35-21, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +14+15+4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Spurs
Sonics 81Spurs 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2619241281
Spurs2426201484
The story
San Antonio beat Seattle 84-81 behind 24 points and 16 rebounds from David Robinson

Shawn Kemp paced Seattle: 14 REB, 13 PTS 24 PTS, 16 REB, 3 AST · 8-16 FG

The swing

A 26-19 second quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −2+5+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Pacers
Pistons 86Pacers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons1929221686
Pacers2812183391
The story
Derrick McKey's 20 points and 11 rebounds carried Indiana past Detroit, 91-86

For Detroit, Grant Hill had 20 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 20 PTS, 11 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 8-19 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Pacers trailed by 12 going into the fourth, then won it 33-16.

IND lead by quarter
200 +9−8−12+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 77 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 71 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Jim Jackson leads the day with 33

Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 21, 13, 12, 25, 25, 24, 8, 23, 33Mavs-Rockets · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 24, 20, 17, 33, 35, 21, 15, 32Jazz-Clippers · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 20, 42, 38, 26, 46, 20, 37, 31Rockets-Mavs · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
George McCloudPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 30, 13, 26, 19, 22, 37, 17, 29Mavs-Rockets · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Anthony MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 23, 22, 10, 18, 19, 21, 17, 26Knicks-Heat · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 19, 50, 26, 24, 19, 16, 28, 26, 32, 25Heat-Knicks · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kevin GarnettMIN+7.9 18.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Toni KukocCHI+7.7 20.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Mark BryantHOU+7.5 16.1 last 10 · 8.6 season
Ledell EacklesWSB+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Tracy MurrayTOR+5.5 21.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Cedric CeballosLAL−7.3 13.8 last 10 · 21.1 season
Armen GilliamNJN−7.1 11.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Willie AndersonNYK−6.4 3.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Kevin EdwardsNJN−5.8 5.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Sean ElliottSAS−5.7 14.2 last 10 · 19.9 season