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2025–26 season archive
Tuesday, March 17, 2026Regular season · 8 games
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Final
MIA106
CHA136
Final
OKC113
ORL108
Final
DET130
WAS117
Final
IND110
NYK136
Final
CLE123
MIL116
Final
PHX104
MIN116
Final
PHI96
DEN124
Final
SAS132
SAC104
The lead · PHX @ MIN

Julius Randle scores 32 in Minnesota win over Phoenix

Final: 116–104. Julius Randle added 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+1+6+12MIN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX39242318104
MIN36282824116
Who led
Julius RandleMIN32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Nah'Shon HylandMIN22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Devin BookerPHX34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Oso IghodaroPHX16 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIL

Cleveland handles Milwaukee by 7

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 123–116. Evan Mobley led Cleveland with 27 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over ORL5CLE over MIL7MIN over PHX12DET over WAS13NYK over IND26DEN over PHI28SAS over SAC28CHA over MIA30Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.7Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 35 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 40

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ ORL · W
31.7 PPG season to date
40 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jalen DurenDET @ WAS · W
19.0 PPG season to date
36 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Devin BookerPHX @ MIN · L
25.8 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Josh HartNYK vs IND · W
12.1 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Paolo BancheroORL vs OKC · L
22.4 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Maxime RaynaudSAC vs SAS · L
11.4 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST