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Thursday, March 5, 2026Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed DAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 115–114.

Final
DAL114
ORL115
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +1
Final
UTA122
WAS112
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +10
Final · OT
GSW115
HOU113
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +2
Final
BKN110
MIA126
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +16
Final
TOR107
MIN115
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +8
Final
DET106
SAS121
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +15
Final
CHI105
PHX103
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +2
Final
LAL113
DEN120
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
Final
NOP133
SAC123
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP +4; Q3 NOP +14; Q4 NOP +10
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 · 2024–25Mar 5, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: James Harden (LAC vs DET), 50 points.
The lead · DAL @ ORL

Orlando holds off Dallas, 115–114

Orlando led 91–88 after three and held on to win by one. Tristan Da Silva led Orlando with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2+3+1ORL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL33292626114
ORL26343124115
Who led
Tristan Da SilvaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 12, 5, 13, 13, 8, 19, 8, 19ORL19 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 12, 7, 16, 9, 3, 14, 10, 17ORL17 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 19, 9, 11, 9, 17, 8, 7, 24DAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Khris MiddletonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 18, 25, 6, 17, 10, 4, 9, 19DAL19 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 16.

ORL over DAL1GSW over HOU2CHI over PHX2DEN over LAL7MIN over TOR8UTA over WAS10NOP over SAC10SAS over DET15MIA over BKN16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.3Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Victor Wembanyama leads the day with 38

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.
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 40, 26, 17, 28, 21, 12, 12, 25, 10, 38SAS vs DET · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Airious BaileyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 15, 20, 4, 23, 13, 18, 12, 32UTA @ WAS · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Reed SheppardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 13, 10, 15, 28, 20, 14, 19, 30HOU vs GSW · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Collin SextonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 11, 2, 8, 10, 10, 22, 20, 30CHI @ PHX · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Precious AchiuwaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 14, 14, 22, 6, 29, 8, 18, 29SAC vs NOP · L
8.6 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 8, 27, 15, 18, 10, 20, 14, 7, 11, 29SAS vs DET · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Precious AchiuwaSAC+6.8 15.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+6.2 26.5 last 10 · 20.3 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.0 17.0 last 10 · 11.0 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.4 16.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−6.9 17.5 last 10 · 24.4 season
Austin ReavesLAL−6.5 17.1 last 10 · 23.6 season
Luka DoncicLAL−5.5 26.8 last 10 · 32.3 season
Josh GiddeyCHI−4.9 12.8 last 10 · 17.7 season
Kevin HuerterDET−4.9 5.2 last 10 · 10.1 season