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2025–26 season archive
Thursday, February 5, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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Final
WAS126
DET117
Final
BKN98
ORL118
Final
UTA119
ATL121
Final
CHI107
TOR123
Final
CHA109
HOU99
Final
SAS135
DAL123
Final
PHI115
LAL119
Final
GSW101
PHX97
The lead · PHI @ LAL

Austin Reaves goes for 35 in Lakers win over Philadelphia

Lakers won 119–115. Joel Embiid scored 35 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-6-8-2+4LAL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI27322828115
LAL21303434119
Who led
Austin ReavesLAL35 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesLAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Joel EmbiidPHI35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Tyrese MaxeyPHI26 PTS · 0 REB · 13 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: Orlando by 20.

ATL over UTA2LAL over PHI4GSW over PHX4WAS over DET9CHA over HOU10SAS over DAL12TOR over CHI16ORL over BKN20Final 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
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 38 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 25 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 35

Joel EmbiidPHI @ LAL · L
26.4 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Austin ReavesLAL vs PHI · W
26.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brandon IngramTOR vs CHI · W
22.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Cooper FlaggDAL vs SAS · L
20.4 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Naji MarshallDAL vs SAS · L
14.8 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantHOU vs CHA · L
26.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST