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2025–26 season archive
Wednesday, October 29, 2025Regular season · 10 games
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Final
HOU139
TOR121
Final
CLE105
BOS125
Final
ORL116
DET135
Final
ATL117
BKN112
Final
SAC113
CHI126
Final
IND105
DAL107
Final
NOP88
DEN122
Final
POR136
UTA134
Final
LAL116
MIN115
Final
MEM114
PHX113
The lead · POR @ UTA

Portland turns it around against Utah

From 10 down after one to a 2-point win: 136–134. Jrue Holiday led Portland with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+6+19+2POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR33463819136
UTA43302536134
Who led
Jrue HolidayPOR27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Deni AvdijaPOR19 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenUTA32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Keyonte GeorgeUTA29 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
21.32024–25 avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 2024–25 (65 games). Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Cooling off
−6.1points, last 2 vs 2024–25 avg
Points per game
12.12024–25 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 points a game over his last two games, against 12.1 in 2024–25 (66 games). Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Our take: Consider benching
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat New Orleans by 34.

LAL over MIN1MEM over PHX1DAL over IND2POR over UTA2ATL over BKN5CHI over SAC13HOU over TOR18DET over ORL19BOS over CLE20DEN over NOP34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Julius Randle leads the day with 33

Julius RandleMIN vs LAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Michael Porter Jr.BKN vs ATL · L
21.6 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPHX vs MEM · L
29.2 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Lauri MarkkanenUTA vs POR · L
34.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Scottie BarnesTOR vs HOU · L
22.2 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantHOU @ TOR · W
27.5 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST