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Monday, January 26, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ORL by 10 after the first quarter and won 114–98.

Final
IND116
ATL132
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +16
Final
PHI93
CHA130
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +25; Q3 CHA +50; Q4 CHA +37
Final
ORL98
CLE114
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +16
Final
POR94
BOS102
Q1 BOS +21; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +8
Final
LAL129
CHI118
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +11
Final
MEM99
HOU108
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +9
Final
GSW83
MIN108
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +18; Q4 MIN +25
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 26, 2025: 1 game. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC @ POR), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ CLE

Donovan Mitchell scores 45 as Cleveland beats Orlando

Cleveland won 114–98. Donovan Mitchell: 45 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists. Paolo Banchero scored 37 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+5+10+16CLE AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3224251798
CLE22393023114
Who led
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 21, 35, 13, 19, 24, 33, 36, 45CLE45 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 15, 17, 15, 16, 14, 29, 13, 20CLE20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 30, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 27, 37ORL37 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 9, 23, 27, 13, 11, 21, 20, 19ORL19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 46 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · IND @ ATL

Atlanta beats Indiana, 132–116

Atlanta led 95–92 after three and won by 16. CJ McCollum led Atlanta with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over POR8HOU over MEM9LAL over CHI11ATL over IND16CLE over ORL16MIN over GSW25CHA over PHI37Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over IND.
Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 46

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 10 games: 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38, 32, 33, 46LAL @ CHI · W
33.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Trae Young ATL, Mar 14, 2022: 46 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
46 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 21, 35, 13, 19, 24, 33, 36, 45CLE vs ORL · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Jan 3, 2000: 45 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
45 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 30, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 27, 37ORL @ CLE · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Alperen SengunPoints, last 10 games: 0, 19, 23, 14, 25, 21, 20, 13, 19, 33HOU vs MEM · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 28, 19, 39, 18, 18, 36, 32, 33HOU vs MEM · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 13, 26, 28, 23, 24, 20, 21, 30CHA vs PHI · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Peyton WatsonDEN+8.7 23.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+6.8 18.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Sam HauserBOS+5.9 15.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Naji MarshallDAL+5.3 20.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−5.2 10.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Vit KrejciATL−5.2 3.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Miles BridgesCHA−4.8 13.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.8 8.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Karl-Anthony TownsNYK−4.5 16.0 last 10 · 20.5 season