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Friday, October 31, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MEM by 14 at halftime and won 117–112.

Final · Cup
ATL128
IND108
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +20
Final · Cup
BOS109
PHI108
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +1
Final · Cup
TOR112
CLE101
Q1 TOR +8; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +11
Final · Cup
NYK125
CHI135
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +10
Final · Cup
LAL117
MEM112
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +5
Final · Cup
UTA96
PHX118
Q1 PHX +20; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +22
Final · Cup
DEN107
POR109
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -10; Q4 POR +2
Final · Cup
NOP124
LAC126
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +2
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 · 2024–25Oct 31, 2024: 4 games. Top scorer: Devin Booker (PHX @ LAC), 40 points.
The lead · NBA Cup · LAL @ MEM

Luka Doncic scores 44 as Lakers beat Memphis

Lakers won 117–112. Luka Doncic: 44 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+4-14-2+5LAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL31243428117
MEM27422221112
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 3 games: 43, 49, 44LAL44 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Austin ReavesPoints, last 6 games: 26, 25, 51, 41, 28, 21LAL21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jaylen WellsPoints, last 6 games: 14, 9, 5, 10, 9, 16MEM16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jock LandalePoints, last 6 games: 10, 4, 8, 17, 6, 16MEM16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+17.1points, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Points per game
28.22024–25 avg45.3Last 3

45.3 points a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 2024–25 (50 games). Today: 44 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
32.02024–25 avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 2024–25 (53 games). Today: 9 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 22.

BOS over PHI1POR over DEN2LAC over NOP2LAL over MEM5CHI over NYK10TOR over CLE11ATL over IND20PHX over UTA22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 44

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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 3 games: 43, 49, 44LAL @ MEM · W
45.3 PPG season to date
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Nov 9, 2001: 44 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
44 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 6 games: 31, 18, 31, 34, 32, 36PHX vs UTA · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 5 games: 10, 27, 30, 18, 34LAC vs NOP · W
23.8 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 5 games: 20, 33, 51, 32, 33UTA @ PHX · L
33.8 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Josh GiddeyPoints, last 5 games: 19, 21, 18, 20, 32CHI vs NYK · W
22.0 PPG season to date
Career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 6 games: 25, 23, 41, 15, 30, 32BOS @ PHI · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST