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2025–26 season archive
Tuesday, November 25, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 3 games
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Final · Cup
ATL113
WAS132
Final · Cup
ORL144
PHI103
Final · Cup
LAC118
LAL135
The lead · NBA Cup · LAC @ LAL

Luka Doncic scores 43 as Lakers beat Clippers

Lakers won 135–118. Luka Doncic: 43 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+3+5+17LAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC38282725118
LAL37322937135
Who led
Luka DoncicLAL43 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Austin ReavesLAL31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
James HardenLAC29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kawhi LeonardLAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ATL @ WAS · Cup

Washington leads Atlanta wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 132–113. Best quarter: the first, 45–23. CJ McCollum led Washington with 46 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over LAC17WAS over ATL19ORL over PHI41Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg12.2Last 5

12.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Our take: Start in most leagues
Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 20 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Our take: Watch the minutes
Top performances

CJ McCollum leads the day with 46

CJ McCollumWAS vs ATL · W
18.2 PPG season to date
46 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Luka DoncicLAL vs LAC · W
35.2 PPG season to date
43 PTS · 9 REB · 13 AST
Austin ReavesLAL vs LAC · W
27.9 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Anthony BlackORL @ PHI · W
12.8 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
James HardenLAC @ LAL · L
27.9 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Alexandre SarrWAS vs ATL · W
18.7 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST