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2025–26 season archive
Wednesday, November 5, 2025Regular season · 11 games
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Final
PHI121
CLE132
Final
UTA103
DET114
Final
BKN112
IND103
Final
WAS107
BOS136
Final
MIN114
NYK137
Final
HOU124
MEM109
Final
NOP101
DAL99
Final
MIA112
DEN122
Final
SAS116
LAL118
Final
OKC119
POR121
Final
GSW116
SAC121
The lead · OKC @ POR

Portland storms back from 20 down to beat OKC

The Trail Blazers trailed by 20 after one and won 121–119. Deni Avdija led Portland with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 for OKC in the loss.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-20-8-5+2POR AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC41242133119
POR21362440121
Who led
Deni AvdijaPOR26 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jrue HolidayPOR22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Aaron WigginsOKC27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Celtics rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Washington by 29.

NOP over DAL2LAL over SAS2POR over OKC2SAC over GSW5BKN over IND9DEN over MIA10CLE over PHI11DET over UTA11HOU over MEM15NYK over MIN23BOS over WAS29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.6points, today vs 2024–25 avg
Points per game
11.42024–25 avg16Today

16 points today in 23 minutes, against 11.4 a game in 2024–25 (54 games).

Our take: Ride the hot hand
Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 6 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 46

Donovan MitchellCLE vs PHI · W
31.9 PPG season to date
46 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicLAL vs SAS · W
40.0 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ POR · L
33.3 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS vs WAS · W
27.7 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Nikola JokicDEN vs MIA · W
24.1 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 15 REB · 16 AST
Michael Porter Jr.BKN @ IND · W
22.4 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST