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2025–26 season archive
Tuesday, December 2, 2025Regular season · 6 games
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Final
WAS102
PHI121
Final
POR118
TOR121
Final
NYK117
BOS123
Final · OT
MIN149
NOP142
Final
MEM119
SAS126
Final
OKC124
GSW112
The lead · NYK @ BOS

Jaylen Brown scores 42 as Boston beats New York

Boston won 123–117. Jaylen Brown: 42 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists. Mikal Bridges scored 35 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11+6+18+6BOS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK32202441117
BOS21373629123
Who led
Jaylen BrownBOS42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Derrick WhiteBOS22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Mikal BridgesNYK35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsNYK29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIN @ NOP

Minnesota outlasts New Orleans in overtime

129–129 at the end of regulation. Minnesota took the last extra period 20–13. Final: 149–142. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 44 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs NOP
Anthony Edwards · MINTrey Murphy III · NOPPTS4433REB515AST44Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.9Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 28.9 in 16 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 47 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Our take: Add in deep leagues
Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 44

Anthony EdwardsMIN @ NOP · W
29.8 PPG season to date
44 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS vs NYK · W
29.0 PPG season to date
42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ GSW · W
32.8 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPHI vs WAS · W
32.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Mikal BridgesNYK @ BOS · L
17.1 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Trey Murphy IIINOP vs MIN · L
20.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST