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Friday, November 21, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 9 games
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Final · Cup
IND109
CLE120
Final · Cup
BKN113
BOS105
Final · Cup
WAS110
TOR140
Final · Cup
MIA143
CHI107
Final · Cup
NOP115
DAL118
Final · Cup
MIN113
PHX114
Final · Cup
DEN112
HOU109
Final · Cup
POR127
GSW123
Final · Cup
OKC144
UTA112
The lead · NBA Cup · NOP @ DAL

Dallas rallies from 14 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 14 at the half, Dallas outscored the Pelicans 69–52 the rest of the way. Final: 118–115. Cooper Flagg led Dallas with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-140+3DAL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP34292230115
DAL25243633118
Who led
Cooper FlaggDAL29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
P.J. WashingtonDAL24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Trey Murphy IIINOP25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Zion WilliamsonNOP22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Chicago by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

PHX over MIN1DAL over NOP3DEN over HOU3POR over GSW4BKN over BOS8CLE over IND11TOR over WAS30OKC over UTA32MIA over CHI36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.9Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 34 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 41

Anthony EdwardsMIN @ PHX · L
26.5 PPG season to date
41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryGSW vs POR · L
28.6 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicDEN @ HOU · W
29.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Michael Porter Jr.BKN @ BOS · W
24.8 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellCLE vs IND · W
30.3 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Andrew NembhardIND @ CLE · L
19.0 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST