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2025–26 season archive
Sunday, March 8, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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Final
BOS109
CLE98
Final
NYK97
LAL110
Final
DET110
MIA121
Final
DAL92
TOR122
Final
WAS118
NOP138
Final
ORL130
MIL91
Final
HOU120
SAS145
Final
IND111
POR131
Final
CHI110
SAC126
Final
CHA99
PHX111
The lead · WAS @ NOP

New Orleans routs Washington by 20

New Orleans led by 2 at halftime and won 138–118. Trey Murphy III led New Orleans with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+2+9+20NOP AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS35302825118
NOP32353536138
Who led
Trey Murphy IIINOP24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyNOP23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tre JohnsonWAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Will RileyWAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 11. Widest: Orlando by 39.

BOS over CLE11MIA over DET11PHX over CHA12LAL over NYK13SAC over CHI16NOP over WAS20POR over IND20SAS over HOU25TOR over DAL30ORL over MIL39Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 56 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 39 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 25 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Our take: Watch the minutes
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 35

Luka DoncicLAL vs NYK · W
32.5 PPG season to date
35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Paolo BancheroORL @ MIL · W
22.2 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
RJ BarrettTOR vs DAL · W
18.6 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPHX vs CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Donovan MitchellCLE vs BOS · L
28.6 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Malik MonkSAC vs CHI · W
12.7 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST