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Friday, November 21, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 14 points, by DAL (vs NOP) and OKC (vs UTA).

Final · Cup
IND109
CLE120
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +11
Final · Cup
BKN113
BOS105
Q1 BKN -6; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +15; Q4 BKN +8
Final · Cup
WAS110
TOR140
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +28; Q4 TOR +30
Final · Cup
MIA143
CHI107
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +27; Q4 MIA +36
Final · Cup
NOP115
DAL118
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -14; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +3
Final · Cup
MIN113
PHX114
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +1
Final · Cup
DEN112
HOU109
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +3
Final · Cup
POR127
GSW123
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +4
Final · Cup
OKC144
UTA112
Q1 OKC -14; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +32
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 · 2024–25Nov 21, 2024: 4 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL vs ORL), 39 points.
The lead · NBA Cup · NOP @ DAL

Dallas rallies from 14 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 14 at the half, Dallas outscored the Pelicans 69–52 the rest of the way. Final: 118–115. Cooper Flagg led Dallas with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-9-140+3DAL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP34292230115
DAL25243633118
Who led
Cooper FlaggPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 12, 12, 26, 16, 16, 21, 15, 29DAL29 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
P.J. WashingtonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 14, 14, 16, 6, 21, 13, 6, 24DAL24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 41, 21, 22, 35, 20, 18, 23, 25NOP25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 7 games: 27, 27, 11, 29, 20, 14, 22NOP22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Chicago by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

PHX over MIN1DAL over NOP3DEN over HOU3POR over GSW4BKN over BOS8CLE over IND11TOR over WAS30OKC over UTA32MIA over CHI36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.9Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Edwards leads the day with 41

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.
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 37, 26, 35, 30, 26, 13, 18, 41MIN @ PHX · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Nov 28, 2010: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 24, 28, 11, 46, 49, 9, 34, 38GSW vs POR · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 26, 32, 35, 55, 27, 36, 28, 34DEN @ HOU · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 32, 17, 32, 28, 25, 21, 24, 34, 25, 33BKN @ BOS · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 37, 46, 24, 29, 28, 31, 30, 37, 21, 32CLE vs IND · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Andrew NembhardPoints, last 9 games: 4, 22, 14, 25, 21, 22, 15, 16, 32IND @ CLE · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST