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Sunday, March 8, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed WAS by 3 after the first quarter and won 138–118.

Final
BOS109
CLE98
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +11
Final
NYK97
LAL110
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +13
Final
DET110
MIA121
Q1 MIA +18; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +11
Final
DAL92
TOR122
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +22; Q4 TOR +30
Final
WAS118
NOP138
Q1 NOP -3; Q2 NOP +2; Q3 NOP +9; Q4 NOP +20
Final
ORL130
MIL91
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +30; Q4 ORL +39
Final
HOU120
SAS145
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +25
Final
IND111
POR131
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +20
Final
CHI110
SAC126
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +16
Final
CHA99
PHX111
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +12
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 8, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: Jayson Tatum (BOS vs LAL), 40 points.
The lead · WAS @ NOP

New Orleans routs Washington by 20

New Orleans led by 2 at halftime and won 138–118. Trey Murphy III led New Orleans with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+2+9+20NOP AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS35302825118
NOP32353536138
Who led
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 27, 44, 26, 21, 19, 16, 21, 21, 22, 24NOP24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 18, 42, 24, 14, 18, 20, 19, 23NOP23 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tre JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 11, 8, 14, 8, 5, 9, 15, 20WAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Will RileyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 11, 18, 14, 19, 7, 19, 13, 19WAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 11. Widest: Orlando by 39.

BOS over CLE11MIA over DET11PHX over CHA12LAL over NYK13SAC over CHI16NOP over WAS20POR over IND20SAS over HOU25TOR over DAL30ORL over MIL39Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 56 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic 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.
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 25, 22, 41, 26, 28, 27, 27, 44, 35LAL vs NYK · W
32.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 16, 36, 19, 24, 37, 16, 25, 33ORL @ MIL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 13, 7, 21, 12, 21, 20, 25, 31TOR vs DAL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 31, 21, 19, 5, 17, 27, 32, 30PHX vs CHA · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 35, 32, 30, 17, 32, 20, 23, 30CLE vs BOS · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Malik MonkPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 19, 10, 7, 8, 10, 13, 18, 30SAC vs CHI · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+7.2 15.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.7 25.9 last 10 · 20.2 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−7.0 17.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Austin ReavesLAL−5.4 18.1 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
James HardenCLE−5.1 19.1 last 10 · 24.2 season
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL−4.5 23.0 last 10 · 27.5 season