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2025–26 season archive
Wednesday, November 26, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 9 games
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Final · Cup
DET114
BOS117
Final · Cup
NYK129
CHA101
Final · Cup
MIL103
MIA106
Final · Cup
MIN105
OKC113
Final · Cup
IND95
TOR97
Final · OT · Cup
MEM133
NOP128
Final · Cup
HOU104
GSW100
Final · Cup
SAS115
POR102
Final · Cup
PHX112
SAC100
The lead · NBA Cup · MEM @ NOP

Memphis rallies from fifteen down at the half, wins in overtime

New Orleans led 68–53 at the break. It was 122–122 after regulation, and Memphis won the extra time 11–6. Final: 133–128. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-15-80+5MEM AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM2528393011133
NOP392932226128
Who led
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jaylen WellsMEM25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jose AlvaradoNOP24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Saddiq BeyNOP18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 34 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
30.02024–25 avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 2024–25 (30 games). Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Knicks rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. New York beat Charlotte by 28.

TOR over IND2BOS over DET3MIA over MIL3HOU over GSW4MEM over NOP5OKC over MIN8PHX over SAC12SAS over POR13NYK over CHA28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Cade Cunningham leads the day with 42

Cade CunninghamDET @ BOS · L
28.1 PPG season to date
42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC vs MIN · W
32.6 PPG season to date
40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxSAS @ POR · W
25.0 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Deni AvdijaPOR vs SAS · L
25.5 PPG season to date
37 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS vs DET · W
28.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK @ CHA · W
28.6 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST