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Sunday, February 22, 2026Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DEN by 6 after three quarters and won 128–117.

Final
CLE113
OKC121
Q1 OKC +15; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +8
Final
BKN104
ATL115
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DEN117
GSW128
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW +11
Final
TOR122
MIL94
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +28
Final
DAL134
IND130
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +4
Final
CHA129
WAS112
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +21; Q4 CHA +17
Final
BOS111
LAL89
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +22
Final
PHI135
MIN108
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +27
Final
NYK105
CHI99
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +6
Final
POR92
PHX77
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +15
Final
ORL111
LAC109
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +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 · 2024–25Feb 22, 2025: 5 games. Top scorer: Luka Doncic (LAL @ DEN), 32 points.
The lead · DEN @ GSW

Golden State handles Denver by 11

The Warriors won the first quarter 39–27. Final: 128–117. Moses Moody led Golden State with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Nikola Jokic scored 35 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+9-6+11GSW AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN27403416117
GSW39371933128
Who led
Moses MoodyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 26, 11, 12, 6, 25, 15, 17, 11, 23GSW23 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 13, 10, 13, 4, 16, 6, 5, 22GSW22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 24, 30, 22, 22, 26, 22, 32, 35DEN35 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 32, 39, 28, 17, 23, 20, 25, 21DEN21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.7Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 9.7 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · TOR @ MIL

Toronto routs Milwaukee by 28

Toronto led by 9 at halftime and won 122–94. Immanuel Quickley led Toronto with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over LAC2DAL over IND4NYK over CHI6OKC over CLE8ATL over BKN11GSW over DEN11POR over PHX15CHA over WAS17BOS over LAL22PHI over MIN27TOR over MIL28Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over MIL.
Top performances

Tyrese Maxey leads the day with 39

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.
Tyrese MaxeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 14, 26, 29, 30, 32, 28, 27, 39PHI @ MIN · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 24, 20, 19, 20, 24, 11, 18, 37CHA @ WAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 25, 31, 41, 24, 27, 23, 31, 37LAC vs ORL · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 7, 23, 22, 25, 31, 17, 34, 36ORL @ LAC · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 24, 30, 22, 22, 26, 22, 32, 35DEN @ GSW · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Aug 4, 2020: 34 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST
35 PTS · 20 REB · 12 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 21, 30, 33, 29, 26, 24, 23, 32BOS @ LAL · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 7 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
Joel EmbiidPHI+6.5 33.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jarrett AllenCLE+5.5 20.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jarace WalkerIND+5.5 16.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Desmond BaneORL+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−6.4 18.8 last 10 · 25.2 season
James HardenCLE−5.6 19.0 last 10 · 24.6 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−5.3 12.8 last 10 · 18.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.4 22.8 last 10 · 27.2 season