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2025–26 season archive
Saturday, November 22, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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Final
LAC131
CHA116
Final
NYK121
ORL133
Final
ATL115
NOP98
Final
WAS120
CHI121
Final
DET129
MIL116
Final
MEM102
DAL96
Final
SAC128
DEN123
The lead · WAS @ CHI

Chicago takes over late to edge Washington

Down 6 after three, Chicago won the fourth 29–22. Final: 121–120. Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 28 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-6-6+1CHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS41292822120
CHI40242829121
Who led
Nikola VucevicCHI28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Coby WhiteCHI20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Corey KispertWAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Cam WhitmoreWAS20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAC @ DEN

Sacramento upsets Denver

Sacramento (3–13) beat Denver (12–3) 128–123. Russell Westbrook led Sacramento with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over WAS1SAC over DEN5MEM over DAL6ORL over NYK12DET over MIL13LAC over CHA15ATL over NOP17Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.5Season avg38.4Last 5

38.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 55 points in 35 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
34.32024–25 avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 2024–25 (27 games). Today: 21 points in 26 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.6Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 4.6 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Our take: Add in deep leagues
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 55

James HardenLAC @ CHA · W
28.4 PPG season to date
55 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicDEN vs SAC · L
30.4 PPG season to date
44 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Franz WagnerORL vs NYK · W
23.5 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK @ ORL · L
28.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Kristaps PorzingisATL @ NOP · W
18.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Cade CunninghamDET @ MIL · W
27.4 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST