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2025–26 season archive
Monday, January 19, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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Final
MIL112
ATL110
Final
OKC136
CLE104
Final
LAC110
WAS106
Final
DAL114
NYK97
Final
UTA110
SAS123
Final
IND104
PHI113
Final
PHX126
BKN117
Final
BOS103
DET104
Final
MIA112
GSW135
The lead · IND @ PHI

Joel Embiid scores 30 in Philadelphia win over Indiana

Final: 113–104. Joel Embiid added 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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+3-5+1+9PHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND30252623104
PHI33173231113
Who led
Joel EmbiidPHI30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPHI29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Andrew NembhardIND25 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Pascal SiakamIND24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Cleveland by 32.

DET over BOS1MIL over ATL2LAC over WAS4PHI over IND9PHX over BKN9SAS over UTA13DAL over NYK17GSW over MIA23OKC over CLE32Final 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
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 29 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+13.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Our take: Add in deep leagues
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 36

James HardenLAC @ WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Victor WembanyamaSAS vs UTA · W
24.8 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jaylen BrownBOS @ DET · L
29.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerATL vs MIL · L
20.7 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Joel EmbiidPHI vs IND · W
24.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Keyonte GeorgeUTA @ SAS · L
24.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST