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Monday, April 6, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed POR by 14 at halftime and won 137–132.

Final
NYK108
ATL105
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +3
Final
DET107
ORL123
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +16
Final
CLE142
MEM126
Q1 CLE -12; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +16
Final
PHI102
SAS115
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +13
Final · OT
POR132
DEN137
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN -14; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +5
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 · 2024–25Apr 6, 2025: 11 games. Top scorer: Nikola Jokic (DEN vs IND), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ DEN

Nikola Jokic posts 35-14-13 as Denver tops Portland

A triple-double in a 137–132 win.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-14-140+5DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR353729247132
DEN3127293812137
Who led
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 22, 23, 23, 33, 25, 15, 40, 35DEN35 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 27, 12, 16, 12, 16, 17, 6, 15, 23DEN23 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Toumani CamaraPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 16, 35, 10, 8, 23, 17, 23, 30POR30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Deni AvdijaPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 23, 18, 18, 20, 20, 28, 26, 26POR26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 68 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CLE @ MEM

Cleveland fights back from 12 down against Memphis

Final: 142–126, after trailing by 12 after one. Evan Mobley led Cleveland with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs MEM
Evan Mobley · CLEOlivier-Maxence Prosper · MEMPTS2424REB63AST40Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Nickeil Alexander-Walker leads the day with 36

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.
Nickeil Alexander-WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 26, 21, 20, 27, 17, 32, 21, 36ATL vs NYK · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 22, 23, 23, 33, 25, 15, 40, 35DEN vs POR · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Luka Doncic DAL, Jan 12, 2023: 35 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
35 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 24, 35, 33, 27, 26, 35, 29, 26, 19, 34PHI @ SAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 16, 39, 36, 30, 9, 19, 11, 10, 23, 31ORL vs DET · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 17, 23, 32, 26, 32, 12, 17, 30NYK @ ATL · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Toumani CamaraPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 16, 35, 10, 8, 23, 17, 23, 30POR @ DEN · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Brice SensabaughUTA+10.7 25.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Daniss JenkinsDET+10.4 19.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Will RileyWAS+8.7 18.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+7.8 16.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Gui SantosGSW+7.6 16.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Nikola VucevicBOS−6.6 8.8 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jordan PooleNOP−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Franz WagnerORL−4.9 15.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Alexandre SarrWAS−4.9 11.4 last 10 · 16.3 season