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2025–26 season archive
Tuesday, January 6, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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Final
CLE120
IND116
Final
ORL112
WAS120
Final
SAS105
MEM106
Final
MIA94
MIN122
Final
LAL111
NOP103
Final
DAL100
SAC98
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Dallas rallies from 12 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 12 at the half, Dallas outscored the Kings 54–40 the rest of the way. Final: 100–98. Cooper Flagg led Dallas with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-10-12-2+2DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL25213024100
SAC3523202098
Who led
Cooper FlaggDAL20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Anthony DavisDAL19 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
DeMar DeRozanSAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Zach LaVineSAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ MEM

Memphis fights back from 10 down against San Antonio

Final: 106–105, after trailing by 10 after one. Cam Spencer led Memphis with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs SAS
Cam Spencer · MEMVictor Wembanyama · SASPTS2130REB85AST83Top 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
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 32 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 18 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Trey Murphy III leads the day with 42

Trey Murphy IIINOP vs LAL · L
21.3 PPG season to date
42 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesLAL @ NOP · W
21.7 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Luka DoncicLAL @ NOP · W
33.5 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Victor WembanyamaSAS @ MEM · L
24.6 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Darius GarlandCLE @ IND · W
17.5 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
CJ McCollumWAS vs ORL · W
18.8 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST