FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 22, 1999Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ORL by 13 at halftime and won 75–70.

Final · Box score
Celtics94
Hawks106
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +12
Final · Box score
Sixers104
Pistons96
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +8
Final · Box score
Heat75
Magic70
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -13; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +5
Final · Box score
Mavs76
Spurs103
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +25; Q4 SAS +27
The lead · Heat-Magic

Miami fights back from 13 down against Orlando

Allen Iverson goes for 28 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-13+7+5MIA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat815331975
Magic1620132170
Who led
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 23, 19, 30, 14, 24, 19, 18, 18MIA18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 25, 17, 5, 14, 14, 23, 19, 13MIA13 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Nick AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 5, 7, 16, 5, 9, 8, 14, 14ORL14 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 23, 26, 25, 16, 27, 11, 17, 13ORL13 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Celtics-Hawks

Atlanta makes it four straight

Atlanta beat Boston 106–94 and moved to 26–17. Steven Smith led Atlanta with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
Wvs CHH85–83W@ CHH77–71L@ DET82–89Lvs NYK78–86L@ CLE67–81L@ MIL84–91W@ BOS77–70Wvs ORL91–79W@ TOR103–81Wvs BOS106–94
The night in charts
Sixers-Pistons combined for 200
Points by game
Sixers-PistonsSixers 104, Pistons 96
200
Celtics-HawksCeltics 94, Hawks 106
200
Mavs-SpursMavs 76, Spurs 103
179
Heat-MagicHeat 75, Magic 70
145
MIA won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Heat-MagicHeat 75, Magic 70
+5 MIA
Sixers-PistonsSixers 104, Pistons 96
+8 PHI
Celtics-HawksCeltics 94, Hawks 106
+12 ATL
Mavs-SpursMavs 76, Spurs 103
+27 SAS
MIA erased a 13-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-MagicMIA won · Heat 75, Magic 70
13 pts
Celtics-HawksATL won · Celtics 94, Hawks 106
2 pts
Sixers-PistonsPHI won · Sixers 104, Pistons 96
1 pt
Ratliff shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RatliffPHI · 19 PTS, 13 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
HughesPHI · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
60% (6-10)
BarrosBOS · 14 PTS, 4 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
AIPHI · 28 PTS, 5 AST, 5 STL, 3 REB
56% (10-18)
ElliottSAS · 12 PTS, 2 AST, 1 REB
55% (6-11)
Final · Heat-Magic
Heat 75Magic 70
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat815331975
Magic1620132170
The story
Alonzo Mourning had 18 points and 17 rebounds as Miami beat Orlando 75-70

Nick Anderson led Orlando with 14 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 17 REB, 5 BLK, 1 AST · 7-17 FG

The swing

Down 13 after the second, the Heat took the third 33-13.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −8−13+7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sixers-Pistons
Sixers 104Pistons 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers30162236104
Pistons2225202996
The story
Theo Ratliff's 19 points and 13 rebounds carried Philadelphia past Detroit, 104-96

For Detroit, Joe Dumars had 19 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB 19 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST · 8-11 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 30-22, was where the 76ers built it.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +8−1+1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Hawks
Celtics 94Hawks 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2029133294
Hawks23243029106
The story
Atlanta beat Boston 106-94 behind 26 points from Steven Smith

Tony Battie paced Boston: 10 REB, 8 PTS, 2 AST 26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 9-17 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 30-13 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Hawks.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +3−2+15+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Paul Pierce topped the game at 51.9 FPTS: 23 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.5Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.5 in 39 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 28

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 32, 11, 20, 26, 6, 20, 25, 28Sixers-Pistons · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 21, 29, 13, 18, 9, 20, 14, 26Hawks-Celtics · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 10, 9, 16, 13, 26, 30, 20, 23Celtics-Hawks · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 17, 25, 34, 6, 24, 36, 27, 20Mavs-Spurs · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Joe DumarsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 25, 8, 4, 16, 12, 3, 3, 19Pistons-Sixers · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Theo RatliffPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 14, 9, 15, 15, 6, 8, 6, 19Sixers-Pistons · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Gary TrentDAL+6.5 21.9 last 10 · 15.3 season
Elden CampbellCHH+6.5 18.6 last 10 · 12.1 season
Danny FortsonDEN+5.0 15.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Sherman DouglasLAC+4.5 12.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Anfernee HardawayORL+4.4 21.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Nick AndersonORL−6.3 8.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
J.R. ReidLAL−5.1 4.5 last 10 · 9.6 season
Mitch RichmondWAS−4.8 15.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.6 21.4 last 10 · 26.0 season
Darrick MartinLAC−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season