Mop-up duty at Ice Palace

Magic center Patrick Ewing and Atlanta forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim both had mop-up duty Sunday at the Ice Palace because, at the home of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning, the ice was melting as the building warmed up when the crowd arrived.

Condensation from the ice rink below the basketball court seeped onto the floor. When a ballboy kept wiping up the moisture and it kept coming back, Ewing grabbed a towel and went to work.