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Thursday, February 26, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed ORL by 10 at halftime and won 113–108.

Final
CHA133
IND109
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +21; Q3 CHA +25; Q4 CHA +24
Final
MIA117
PHI124
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +7
Final
WAS96
ATL126
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +20; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +30
Final
SAS126
BKN110
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +16
Final
HOU113
ORL108
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +5
Final
POR121
CHI112
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +9
Final
SAC130
DAL121
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +9
Final
LAL110
PHX113
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +3
Final
NOP129
UTA118
Q1 NOP -1; Q2 NOP +17; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +11
Final
MIN94
LAC88
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +6
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 26, 2025: 9 games. Top scorer: Shaedon Sharpe (POR @ WAS), 36 points.
The lead · HOU @ ORL

Kevin Durant scores 40 as Houston beats Orlando

Houston won 113–108. Kevin Durant: 40 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-7-10+1+5HOU AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU22213832113
ORL29242728108
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 20, 26, 21, 35, 30, 18, 21, 40HOU40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Reed SheppardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 16, 16, 17, 13, 10, 15, 28, 20HOU20 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 22, 25, 31, 17, 34, 36, 22, 30ORL30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 23, 11, 17, 30, 26, 16, 36, 19ORL19 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat Washington by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

PHX over LAL3HOU over ORL5MIN over LAC6PHI over MIA7POR over CHI9SAC over DAL9NOP over UTA11SAS over BKN16CHA over IND24ATL over WAS30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 17 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Saddiq Bey leads the day with 42

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.
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 8, 22, 30, 12, 14, 22, 20, 18, 42NOP @ UTA · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +25.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Nov 3, 1995: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Season high42 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 46, 29, 37, 30, 24, 10, 38, 25, 22, 41LAL @ PHX · L
32.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Feb 2, 2017: 41 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 20, 26, 21, 35, 30, 18, 21, 40HOU @ ORL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Mar 22, 2000: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 32, 6, 31, 19, 15, 17, 21, 36DAL vs SAC · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Brandon MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 16, 24, 31, 17, 18, 22, 23, 33CHA @ IND · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Corey KispertPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 8, 12, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12, 33ATL vs WAS · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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
Jarrett AllenCLE+6.9 22.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+6.5 17.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.3 17.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nique CliffordSAC+6.0 12.9 last 10 · 6.9 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−5.8 18.8 last 10 · 24.6 season
James HardenCLE−5.3 19.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−5.1 12.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Kevin HuerterDET−4.4 5.7 last 10 · 10.1 season