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2025–26 season archive
Thursday, December 25, 2025Regular season · 5 games
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Final
CLE124
NYK126
Final
SAS117
OKC102
Final
DAL116
GSW126
Final
HOU119
LAL96
Final · OT
MIN138
DEN142
The lead · CLE @ NYK

Jalen Brunson hits six threes, New York tops Cleveland

34 points for Jalen Brunson. Final: 126–124.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15+2-12+2NYK AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE38203828124
NYK23372442126
Who led
Jalen BrunsonNYK34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jordan ClarksonNYK25 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellCLE34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Darius GarlandCLE20 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Second story · MIN @ DEN

Denver needs overtime to survive Minnesota

Tied 115–115 after regulation. Denver won the final period 27–23 for a 142–138 win. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 56 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs MIN
Nikola Jokic · DENAnthony Edwards · MINPTS5644REB166AST153Top 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
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 25 minutes.

Our take: Start in most leagues
Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.2Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 15 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Nikola Jokic leads the day with 56

Nikola JokicDEN vs MIN · W
29.8 PPG season to date
56 PTS · 16 REB · 15 AST
Anthony EdwardsMIN @ DEN · L
29.4 PPG season to date
44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayDEN vs MIN · W
25.4 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Donovan MitchellCLE @ NYK · L
30.7 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK vs CLE · W
29.3 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Julius RandleMIN @ DEN · L
22.9 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST