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Thursday, March 26, 2026Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NOP by 2 after the first quarter and won 129–108.

Final
NYK103
CHA114
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +11
Final
NOP108
DET129
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +21
Final
SAC117
ORL121
Q1 ORL +9; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +4
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 26, 2025: 6 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs MIL), 39 points.
The lead · NOP @ DET

Jalen Duren posts 30 and 10 as Detroit beats New Orleans

30 points and 10 rebounds in a 129–108 win.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-2+9+6+21DET AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP33233022108
DET31342737129
Who led
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 30, 20, 36, 24, 23, 20, 26, 30DET30 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Kevin HuerterPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 12, 11, 3, 4, 14, 7, 8, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 19, 21, 27, 14, 15, 25, 22, 21NOP21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Saddiq BeyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 9, 5, 23, 25, 20, 19, 18, 17NOP17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAC @ ORL

Orlando leads Sacramento wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 121–117. Best quarter: the first, 39–30. Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over SAC4CHA over NYK11DET over NOP21Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 25.8 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMar DeRozan leads the day with 33

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.
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 39, 27, 41, 2, 13, 10, 7, 33SAC @ ORL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jalen DurenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 30, 20, 36, 24, 23, 20, 26, 30DET vs NOP · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 27, 18, 32, 20, 16, 39, 36, 30ORL vs SAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kon KnueppelPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 15, 24, 20, 22, 17, 9, 14, 26CHA vs NYK · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 24, 28, 28, 29, 30, 17, 23, 32, 26NYK @ CHA · L
26.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 35, 22, 21, 18, 16, 24, 12, 17, 17, 23ORL vs SAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 6 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
Cody WilliamsUTA+9.3 17.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Bam AdebayoMIA+8.5 28.8 last 10 · 20.3 season
Quentin GrimesPHI+7.7 21.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Airious BaileyUTA+7.5 20.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.1 21.4 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Dennis SchroderCLE−6.5 4.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Mikal BridgesNYK−5.6 9.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Nikola JokicDEN−4.8 23.0 last 10 · 27.8 season