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Monday, March 9, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DEN by 3 after the first quarter and won 129–126.

Final
PHI101
CLE115
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +14
Final
MEM115
BKN126
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +11
Final
DEN126
OKC129
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +3
Final
GSW116
UTA119
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +3
Final
NYK118
LAC126
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +8
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 9, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC vs DEN), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ OKC

SGA pours in 35, OKC beats Denver

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 35 points in a 129–126 win.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-3+6+3+3OKC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN40203333126
OKC37293033129
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36, 30, 26, 27, 35OKC35 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Jaylin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 2, 30, 12, 0, 17, 8, 9, 29OKC29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 35, 30, 23, 35, 22, 28, 38, 32DEN32 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 2, 19, 8, 14, 16, 17, 7, 14, 6, 28DEN28 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ UTA

Utah leads Golden State wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 119–116. Best quarter: the third, 32–29. Brice Sensabaugh led Utah with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over DEN3UTA over GSW3LAC over NYK8BKN over MEM11CLE over PHI14Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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.
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36, 30, 26, 27, 35OKC vs DEN · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 14, 17, 12, 21, 17, 17, 25, 35NYK @ LAC · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 35, 30, 23, 35, 22, 28, 38, 32DEN @ OKC · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Nov 7, 2007: 32 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
32 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Jaylin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 2, 30, 12, 0, 17, 8, 9, 29OKC vs DEN · W
7.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23, 29, 30, 28, 29LAC vs NYK · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 27, 24, 26, 16, 9, 24, 28NYK @ LAC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 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−5.3 18.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK−4.9 21.3 last 10 · 26.2 season