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Tuesday, April 7, 2026Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHX by 16 after the first quarter and won 119–105.

Final
MIN124
IND104
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +25; Q4 MIN +20
Final
CHI129
WAS98
Q1 CHI +20; Q2 CHI +29; Q3 CHI +37; Q4 CHI +31
Final
MIL90
BKN96
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +6
Final
MIA95
TOR121
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +26
Final
CHA102
BOS113
Q1 BOS -11; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +11
Final
UTA137
NOP156
Q1 NOP -10; Q2 NOP -8; Q3 NOP +15; Q4 NOP +19
Final
SAC105
GSW110
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +5
Final
DAL103
LAC116
Q1 LAC +13; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +13
Final
OKC123
LAL87
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +31; Q4 OKC +36
Final
HOU119
PHX105
Q1 HOU -16; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +14
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 7, 2025: 2 games. Top scorer: Zach LaVine (SAC @ DET), 43 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Houston storms back from 16 down to beat Phoenix

The Rockets trailed by 16 after one and won 119–105. Kevin Durant led Houston with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-3-3+14HOU AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU21332738119
PHX37202721105
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 30, 25, 20, 27, 19, 25, 31, 24HOU24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Amen ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 11, 18, 14, 17, 18, 21, 18, 22HOU22 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Devin BookerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 25, 22, 26, 36, 34, 22, 30, 31PHX31 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mark WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 9, 6, 2, 4, 10, 12, 14, 19PHX19 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 79 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 61 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat Lakers by 36, the widest margin of 10 games.

GSW over SAC5BKN over MIL6BOS over CHA11LAC over DAL13HOU over PHX14NOP over UTA19MIN over IND20TOR over MIA26CHI over WAS31OKC over LAL36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Jeremiah Fears leads the day with 40

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.
Jeremiah FearsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 21, 13, 10, 12, 21, 28, 19, 40NOP vs UTA · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Donovan Mitchell UTA, Feb 2, 2018: 40 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Career high40 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LaMelo BallPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 22, 20, 19, 14, 15, 18, 35, 36CHA @ BOS · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 41, 32, 30, 29, 31, 29, 43, 26, 26, 35BOS vs CHA · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 28, 27, 28, 20, 23, 24, 26, 34LAC vs DAL · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jordan PoolePoints, last 10 games: 3, 23, 12, 3, 11, 4, 5, 12, 0, 34NOP vs UTA · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kennedy ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 14, 16, 11, 12, 16, 2, 5, 31UTA @ NOP · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 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
Daniss JenkinsDET+10.4 19.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+9.3 24.4 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cody WilliamsUTA+8.9 17.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Gui SantosGSW+7.6 16.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Will RileyWAS+7.5 17.6 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Nikola VucevicBOS−7.1 8.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cam ThomasMIL−5.5 8.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Derrick WhiteBOS−5.3 11.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Franz WagnerORL−4.9 15.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Alexandre SarrWAS−4.9 11.4 last 10 · 16.3 season