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2025–26 season archive
Wednesday, December 31, 2025Regular season · 9 games
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Final
GSW132
CHA125
Final
MIN102
ATL126
Final
ORL112
IND110
Final
PHX113
CLE129
Final
NOP118
CHI134
Final
NYK132
SAS134
Final
DEN106
TOR103
Final
WAS114
MIL113
Final
POR95
OKC124
The lead · NYK @ SAS

Julian Champagnie goes for 36 in San Antonio win over New York

San Antonio won 134–132.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-9-10-9+2SAS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK45282930132
SAS36273041134
Who led
Julian ChampagnieSAS36 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Victor WembanyamaSAS31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Miles McBrideNYK21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Thunder rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Portland by 29.

WAS over MIL1ORL over IND2SAS over NYK2DEN over TOR3GSW over CHA7CLE over PHX16CHI over NOP16ATL over MIN24OKC over POR29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 31 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.0Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.0 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Our take: Watch the minutes
Top performances

Julian Champagnie leads the day with 36

Julian ChampagnieSAS vs NYK · W
10.5 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Donovan MitchellCLE vs PHX · W
29.7 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jalen JohnsonATL vs MIN · W
24.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL vs WAS · L
28.9 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Brandon MillerCHA vs GSW · L
19.6 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPHX @ CLE · L
25.5 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST