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Tuesday, February 25, 2025Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed SAS by 14 after the first quarter and won 109–103.

Final
BOS111
TOR101
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +10
Final
CLE122
ORL82
Q1 CLE +18; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +26; Q4 CLE +40
Final
MIL97
HOU100
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +3
Final · OT
PHX148
MEM151
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final
SAS103
NOP109
Q1 NOP -14; Q2 NOP -2; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP +6
Final
CHA92
GSW128
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +32; Q4 GSW +36
Final
DAL99
LAL107
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2023–24Feb 25, 2024: 11 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC @ HOU), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ NOP

San Antonio's skid reaches three

New Orleans won 109–103; the Spurs fall to 24–32. Trey Murphy III led New Orleans with 24 points, 4 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-2-4+6NOP AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS30213220103
NOP16333030109
Who led
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 40, 41, 25, 20, 23, 19, 18, 20, 15, 24NOP24 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 14, 28, 40, 17, 33, 29, 22, 18NOP18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 15, 25, 7, 8, 13, 6, 5, 20SAS20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 22, 9, 30, 23, 26, 27, 13, 15SAS15 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · PHX @ MEM

Memphis flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Phoenix led 62–58 at the break. Tied 137–137 after regulation, Memphis won the extra time 14–11. Final: 151–148. Ja Morant led Memphis with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MEM vs PHX
Ja Morant · MEMDevin Booker · PHXPTS2928REB43AST810Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.7Season avg31.8Last 5

31.8 points a game over his last five games, against 24.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 34, 19, 13, 30, 42, 35, 17, 35DAL @ LAL · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Ja MorantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 25, 26, 16, 26, 12, 23, 21, 29MEM vs PHX · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 34, 19, 47, 24, 17, 17, 29, 31, 28PHX @ MEM · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 37, 31, 32, 19, 17, 13, 18, 16, 22, 28MEM vs PHX · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Giannis AntetokounmpoPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 35, 39, 35, 30, 23, 18, 23, 27MIL @ HOU · L
31.0 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 33, 26, 42, 24, 18, 26, 40, 25, 27LAL vs DAL · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Naz ReidMIN+6.6 21.5 last 10 · 14.9 season
Josh GiddeyCHI+6.4 19.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Trae YoungATL+6.3 30.3 last 10 · 24.0 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN+6.2 18.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Nick Smith Jr.CHA+6.0 14.5 last 10 · 8.5 season
Cold
LaMelo BallCHA−8.6 17.7 last 10 · 26.3 season
Nikola VucevicCHI−4.6 14.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Dennis SchroderDET−4.2 9.5 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jake LaRaviaSAC−4.2 2.5 last 10 · 6.7 season
Mikal BridgesNYK−3.8 13.7 last 10 · 17.5 season