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2025–26 season archive
Saturday, December 27, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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Final
DAL107
SAC113
Final
PHX123
NOP114
Final
DEN126
ORL127
Final
NYK128
ATL125
Final
MIL112
CHI103
Final
CLE100
HOU117
Final
IND116
MIA142
Final
BKN123
MIN107
Final
UTA127
SAS114
The lead · DEN @ ORL

Anthony Black scores 38, Orlando holds off Denver

Final: 127–126. Anthony Black added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-14-9+1ORL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN31313133126
ORL23253643127
Who led
Anthony BlackORL38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Desmond BaneORL24 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Nikola JokicDEN34 PTS · 21 REB · 12 AST
Jamal MurrayDEN24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Indiana by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

ORL over DEN1NYK over ATL3SAC over DAL6PHX over NOP9MIL over CHI9UTA over SAS13BKN over MIN16HOU over CLE17MIA over IND26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 30 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 2 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
28.92024–25 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.9 in 2024–25 (63 games). Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Anthony Black leads the day with 38

Anthony BlackORL vs DEN · W
15.1 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsNYK @ ATL · W
22.3 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicDEN @ ORL · L
29.9 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 21 REB · 12 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK @ ATL · W
29.5 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamIND @ MIA · L
23.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Victor WembanyamaSAS vs UTA · L
23.9 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST