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Tuesday, March 24, 2026Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by CLE (vs ORL) and DEN (vs PHX).

Final
SAC90
CHA134
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +25; Q3 CHA +37; Q4 CHA +44
Final
NOP116
NYK121
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +5
Final
ORL131
CLE136
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +5
Final
DEN125
PHX123
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +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 · 2024–25Mar 24, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (PHX vs MIL), 38 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHX

Nikola Jokic posts 23-17-17 as Denver tops Phoenix

A triple-double in a 125–123 win.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+10+2+2DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN28393028125
PHX35223828123
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 16, 31, 24, 8, 29, 22, 22, 23DEN23 PTS · 17 REB · 17 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 30, 39, 5, 12, 19, 31, 22, 21DEN21 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 43, 31, 40, 34, 22, 14, 25, 22PHX22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jalen GreenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 36, 34, 21, 9, 17, 24, 20, 21PHX21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · ORL @ CLE

Cleveland makes it four straight

Cleveland beat Orlando 136–131 and moved to 45–27. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 42 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · CLE
Wvs DET113–109Lvs BOS98–109Wvs PHI115–101L@ ORL122–128W@ DAL138–105Lvs DAL120–130W@ MIL123–116W@ CHI115–110W@ NOP111–106Wvs ORL136–131CLE: last 10 games through Mar 24, oldest first. Pink = win.
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
11.9Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell 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.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 30, 17, 25, 24, 26, 19, 27, 42CLE vs ORL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Glen Rice CHH, Jan 2, 1998: 42 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 18, 27, 18, 32, 20, 16, 39, 36ORL @ CLE · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 24, 28, 28, 29, 30, 17, 23, 32NYK vs NOP · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Coby WhitePoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 13, 7, 9, 18, 24, 27, 12, 27CHA vs SAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 30, 17, 13, 27, 36, 20, 26CLE vs ORL · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 16, 31, 24, 8, 29, 22, 22, 23DEN @ PHX · W
27.9 PPG season to date · −5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Russell Westbrook OKC, Jan 24, 2019: 23 PTS · 17 REB · 16 AST
23 PTS · 17 REB · 17 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
Bam AdebayoMIA+9.1 29.4 last 10 · 20.3 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+8.1 15.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+8.0 21.9 last 10 · 13.9 season
Airious BaileyUTA+7.8 21.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.1 21.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Mikal BridgesNYK−6.1 8.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Dennis SchroderCLE−5.5 5.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cade CunninghamDET−4.4 20.1 last 10 · 24.5 season