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Friday, January 9, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MEM by 19 at halftime and won 117–116.

Final
TOR117
BOS125
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +8
Final
PHI103
ORL91
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +12
Final
NOP128
WAS107
Q1 NOP +2; Q2 NOP +10; Q3 NOP +16; Q4 NOP +21
Final
LAC121
BKN105
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +16; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +16
Final
OKC117
MEM116
Q1 OKC -10; Q2 OKC -19; Q3 OKC -13; Q4 OKC +1
Final
ATL110
DEN87
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +23
Final
NYK107
PHX112
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +5
Final
SAC103
GSW137
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +34
Final
HOU105
POR111
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -13; Q4 POR +6
Final
MIL105
LAL101
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +4
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 · 2024–25Jan 9, 2025: 7 games. Top scorer: Darius Garland (CLE vs TOR), 40 points.
The lead · OKC @ MEM

OKC erases 19-point lead, steals one from Memphis

Memphis led 65–46 at halftime. OKC won the second half 71–51 to take it 117–116. Jalen Williams led OKC with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-19-13+1OKC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC25213536117
MEM35302922116
Who led
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 14, 20, 13, 12, 23, 16, 17, 26OKC26 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Ajay MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 13, 10, 17, 11, 13, 11, 16, 23OKC23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jaren Jackson Jr.Points, last 10 games: 11, 21, 24, 31, 15, 25, 14, 21, 19, 23MEM23 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
GG JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 7, 5, 6, 12, 11, 2, 11, 18MEM18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.8Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.2Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 5.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · HOU @ POR

Portland climbs out of a 13-point hole against Houston

Down 13 after three, the Trail Blazers won the fourth quarter 34–15 and the game 111–105. Toumani Camara led Portland with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs HOU
Toumani Camara · PORKevin Durant · HOUPTS2530REB212AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Trey Murphy III 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.
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 14, 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42, 35NOP @ WAS · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 20, 22, 32, 33, 24, 27, 13, 31PHX vs NYK · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 29, 34, 28, 21, 20, 18, 23, 31LAC @ BKN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 22, 32, 31, 35, 12, 15, 22, 31NOP @ WAS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 25, 30, 30, 22, 34, 26, 37, 30HOU @ POR · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Jalen JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 24, 24, 20, 34, 18, 30, 13, 19, 29ATL @ DEN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 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
Caleb LovePOR+6.0 16.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Peyton WatsonDEN+5.6 18.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Egor DeminBKN+5.2 15.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kawhi LeonardLAC+5.2 33.1 last 10 · 27.9 season
Anthony BlackORL+4.9 20.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Bam AdebayoMIA−4.3 12.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.1 10.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Malik MonkSAC−3.9 7.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Dylan HarperSAS−3.9 7.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.7 14.1 last 10 · 17.8 season