FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, November 22, 1996Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 111–108.

Final · Box score
Sonics118
Celtics91
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +17; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +27
Final · Box score
Spurs86
Lakers96
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final · 2OT · Box score
Heat111
Kings108
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 Heat 0; OT1 Heat 0; OT2 MIA +3
Final · Box score
Sixers76
Bullets88
Q1 WSB +7; Q2 WSB +13; Q3 WSB +19; Q4 WSB +12
On this day · 1995–96Nov 22, 1995: 12 games. Top scorer: Larry Johnson (Hornets-Celtics), 44 points.
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The lead · Heat-Kings

Miami needs two overtimes to survive Sacramento

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 29 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-6+10+400+3MIA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Heat183218221011111
Kings24162426108108
Who led
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 19, 22, 8, 23, 23, 12, 19, 22MIA22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 11, 14, 20, 17, 9, 23, 14, 20MIA20 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 29, 28, 16, 30, 27, 14, 12, 32SAC32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 0, 7, 11, 22, 10, 10, 31, 23SAC23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
The night in charts
Heat-Kings combined for 219, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-KingsHeat 111, Kings 108
219
Sonics-CelticsSonics 118, Celtics 91
209
Spurs-LakersSpurs 86, Lakers 96
182
Sixers-BulletsSixers 76, Bullets 88
164
MIA won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Heat-KingsHeat 111, Kings 108
+3 MIA
Spurs-LakersSpurs 86, Lakers 96
+10 LAL
Sixers-BulletsSixers 76, Bullets 88
+12 WSB
Sonics-CelticsSonics 118, Celtics 91
+27 SEA
MIA rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-KingsMIA won · Heat 111, Kings 108
6 pts
Spurs-LakersLAL won · Spurs 86, Lakers 96
4 pts
Sonics-CelticsSEA won · Sonics 118, Celtics 91
2 pts
Perdue shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PerdueSAS · 17 PTS, 7 REB
80% (8-10)
ShaqLAL · 29 PTS, 21 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
68% (13-19)
PolyniceSAC · 17 PTS, 7 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
Abdul-RaufSAC · 23 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
KempSEA · 22 PTS, 13 REB, 4 STL, 1 BLK
56% (10-18)
Final · Heat-Kings
Heat 111Kings 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Heat183218221011111
Kings24162426108108
The story
Tim Hardaway had 22 points and 8 assists as Miami beat Sacramento 111-108 in OT

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf led Sacramento with 23 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 22 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB · 6-20 FG, 2-7 3PT

The swing

Down 6 after the first, the Heat took the second 32-16.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −6+10+400+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 86Lakers 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2615222386
Lakers2222282496
The story
Eddie Jones' 24 points carried Los Angeles past San Antonio, 96-86

For San Antonio, Dominique Wilkins had 19 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 4 AST, 4 STL, 3 REB · 8-16 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 22-15.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −4+3+9+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Celtics
Sonics 118Celtics 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics26362531118
Celtics2817262091
The story
Seattle beat Boston 118-91 behind 22 points and 13 rebounds from Shawn Kemp

Rick Fox paced Boston: 21 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 22 PTS, 13 REB, 4 STL · 10-18 FG

The swing

A 36-17 second quarter erased a 2-point hole for the SuperSonics.

SEA lead by quarter
300 −2+17+16+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Points per game
5.21995–96 avg12.3Last 3

12.3 points a game over his last three games, against 5.2 in 1995–96 (80 games). Today: 17 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs 1995–96 avg
Minutes per game
20.41995–96 avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 1995–96 (54 games). Today: 2 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · Spurs-Lakers

San Antonio's skid reaches four

Lakers won 96–86; the Spurs fall to 2–9. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 29 points, 21 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · SAS
Lvs DEN79–88W@ CLE74–68L@ WSB86–96Lvs SEA75–87L@ POR81–94Wvs LAL95–83Lvs IND78–93Lvs GSW92–102Lvs LAC81–93L@ LAL86–96
Top performances

Mitch Richmond leads the day with 32

Mitch RichmondPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 29, 28, 16, 30, 27, 14, 12, 32Kings-Heat · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 19, 34, 30, 18, 16, 26, 26, 29Lakers-Spurs · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 19, 18, 22, 32, 18, 18, 16, 24Lakers-Spurs · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Mahmoud Abdul-RaufPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 0, 7, 11, 22, 10, 10, 31, 23Kings-Heat · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 21, 13, 25, 19, 21, 24, 31, 22Sonics-Celtics · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shawn KempPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 31, 33, 20, 25, 11, 26, 34, 22Sonics-Celtics · W
23.8 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST