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2025–26 season archive
Saturday, March 21, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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Final
OKC132
WAS111
Final
MEM101
CHA124
Final
CLE111
NOP106
Final
LAL105
ORL104
Final
GSW110
ATL126
Final
MIA122
HOU123
Final
IND119
SAS134
Final · OT
LAC138
DAL131
Final
PHI126
UTA116
Final
MIL108
PHX105
The lead · CLE @ NOP

Cleveland fights back late to top New Orleans

New Orleans led 88–76 after three. Cleveland won the fourth 35–18 and the game 111–106. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-3-12+5CLE AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE34192335111
NOP28283218106
Who led
Donovan MitchellCLE27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
James HardenCLE20 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Zion WilliamsonNOP25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyNOP19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.2Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 45 minutes.

Our take: Start everywhere
Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hornets rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Memphis by 23.

LAL over ORL1HOU over MIA1MIL over PHX3CLE over NOP5LAC over DAL7PHI over UTA10SAS over IND15ATL over GSW16OKC over WAS21CHA over MEM23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Darius Garland leads the day with 41

Darius GarlandLAC @ DAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date
41 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC @ WAS · W
31.6 PPG season to date
40 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardLAC @ DAL · W
28.3 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Luka DoncicLAL @ ORL · W
33.4 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Bam AdebayoMIA @ HOU · L
20.4 PPG season to date
32 PTS · 21 REB · 4 AST
LaMelo BallCHA vs MEM · W
19.7 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST