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2025–26 season archive
Friday, January 23, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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Final
HOU111
DET104
Final
PHX103
ATL110
Final · 2OT
BOS130
BKN126
Final
SAC118
CLE123
Final
NOP133
MEM127
Final
IND117
OKC114
Final
DEN102
MIL100
Final
TOR110
POR98
The lead · NOP @ MEM

Saddiq Bey scores 36, New Orleans rallies past Memphis

New Orleans trailed by 8 after three and won 133–127.

Game flow · NOP 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-5-8+6NOP AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP30303340133
MEM30353626127
Who led
Saddiq BeyNOP36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Trey Murphy IIINOP32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.MEM26 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jock LandaleMEM24 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 12.

DEN over MIL2IND over OKC3BOS over BKN4CLE over SAC5NOP over MEM6HOU over DET7ATL over PHX7TOR over POR12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 47

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC vs IND · L
32.3 PPG season to date
47 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyNOP @ MEM · W
15.7 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Donovan MitchellCLE vs SAC · W
29.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantHOU @ DET · W
26.3 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Payton PritchardBOS @ BKN · W
16.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Trey Murphy IIINOP @ MEM · W
22.3 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST