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2025–26 season archive
Tuesday, January 13, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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Final
PHX121
MIA127
Final
CHI113
HOU119
Final
MIN139
MIL106
Final
DEN122
NOP116
Final
SAS98
OKC119
Final
ATL116
LAL141
Final
POR97
GSW119
The lead · DEN @ NOP

Jamal Murray scores 35 as Denver wins in New Orleans

Final: 122–116. Jamal Murray made 11 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-5-3+6DEN AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN32282933122
NOP31342724116
Who led
Jamal MurrayDEN35 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Peyton WatsonDEN31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Trey Murphy IIINOP31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Saddiq BeyNOP17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHI @ HOU

Houston beats Chicago, 119–113

Houston led 90–88 after three and won by 6. Kevin Durant led Houston with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over PHX6HOU over CHI6DEN over NOP6OKC over SAS21GSW over POR22LAL over ATL25MIN over MIL33Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 39 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 36 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 4.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Jamal Murray leads the day with 35

Jamal MurrayDEN @ NOP · W
25.6 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC vs SAS · W
31.9 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tre JonesCHI @ HOU · L
12.6 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesLAL vs ATL · W
22.4 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Peyton WatsonDEN @ NOP · W
13.7 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Trey Murphy IIINOP vs DEN · L
21.9 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST