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2025–26 season archive
Thursday, April 23, 2026Playoffs · 3 games
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Final · R1 · G3
NYK108
ATL109
Final · R1 · G3
CLE104
TOR126
Final · R1 · G3
DEN96
MIN113
The lead · First round · Game 3 · NYK @ ATL

Atlanta beats New York by 1, moves within two of advancing

Game 3: 109–108. Series: 2–1. Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+8+8+1ATL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK21293028108
ATL33253021109
Who led
Jalen JohnsonATL24 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
CJ McCollumATL23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
OG AnunobyNYK29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN · R1 · G3

Minnesota leads Denver wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 113–96. Best quarter: the second, 36–28. Ayo Dosunmu led Minnesota with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Series tracker · DEN vs MIN
G1 · @ DENDEN116–105G2 · @ DENMIN119–114G3 · @ MINMIN113–96Game by game through Apr 23, winner and final score. Pink = MIN win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
8.5Reg. season avg17.7Last 3 playoff games

17.7 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 8.5 in the regular season (57 games). Today: 22 points in 28 minutes.

Our take: Start in most leagues
Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Reg. season avg10.7Last 3 playoff games

10.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 24.2 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return
Stepped-up role
+9.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Reg. season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 30.2 a game in the regular season (66 games). Line: 2 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists.

Our take: Watch the minutes
Top performances

Scottie Barnes leads the day with 33

Scottie BarnesTOR vs CLE · W
26.7 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
RJ BarrettTOR vs CLE · W
26.3 PPG playoffs to date
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
OG AnunobyNYK @ ATL · L
20.3 PPG playoffs to date
29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicDEN @ MIN · L
25.3 PPG playoffs to date
27 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Jalen BrunsonNYK @ ATL · L
27.7 PPG playoffs to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ayo DosunmuMIN vs DEN · W
16.0 PPG playoffs to date
25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST