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2025–26 season archive
Thursday, March 5, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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Final
DAL114
ORL115
Final
UTA122
WAS112
Final · OT
GSW115
HOU113
Final
BKN110
MIA126
Final
TOR107
MIN115
Final
DET106
SAS121
Final
CHI105
PHX103
Final
LAL113
DEN120
Final
NOP133
SAC123
The lead · DAL @ ORL

Orlando holds off Dallas, 115–114

Orlando led 91–88 after three and held on to win by one. Tristan Da Silva led Orlando with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-7-2+3+1ORL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL33292626114
ORL26343124115
Who led
Tristan Da SilvaORL19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jalen SuggsORL17 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonDAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Khris MiddletonDAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 16.

ORL over DAL1GSW over HOU2CHI over PHX2DEN over LAL7MIN over TOR8UTA over WAS10NOP over SAC10SAS over DET15MIA over BKN16Final 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
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Victor Wembanyama leads the day with 38

Victor WembanyamaSAS vs DET · W
23.7 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Airious BaileyUTA @ WAS · W
12.4 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Reed SheppardHOU vs GSW · L
13.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Collin SextonCHI @ PHX · W
14.4 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Precious AchiuwaSAC vs NOP · L
8.6 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxSAS vs DET · W
18.8 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST