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Wednesday, December 10, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Cup · Box score
Suns89
Thunder138
Q1 OKC +15; Q2 OKC +26; Q3 OKC +38; Q4 OKC +49
Final · Cup · Box score
Spurs132
Lakers119
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +13
On this day · 2024–25Dec 10, 2024: 2 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder-Mavs), 39 points.
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The lead · NBA Cup · Spurs-Lakers

Stephon Castle scores 30 as San Antonio wins in Los Angeles

LeBron James goes for 19 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+12+17+13SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs39313428132
Lakers30282932119
Who led
Stephon CastlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 14, 16, 19, 23, 13, 4, 18, 30SAS30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 37, 15, 25, 29, 31, 25, 14, 20SAS20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 37, 33, 43, 35, 34, 38, 31, 35LAL35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Marcus SmartPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 5, 13, 9, 13, 5, 6, 7, 26LAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Suns-Thunder · Cup

OKC leads Phoenix wire to wire

OKC was ahead at every break and won 138–89. Best quarter: the first, 38–23. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Thunder-Suns
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · OKCDillon Brooks · PHXPTS2816REB22AST81Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Lakers5
Suns-Thunder0
The night in charts
Spurs-Lakers combined for 251, 24 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-LakersSpurs 132, Lakers 119
251
Suns-ThunderSuns 89, Thunder 138
227
SAS won the closest game by 13
Closest finishes
Spurs-LakersSpurs 132, Lakers 119
+13 SAS
Suns-ThunderSuns 89, Thunder 138
+49 OKC
SGA shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SGAOKC · 28 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
73% (11-15)
CastleSAS · 30 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST
71% (10-14)
ChetOKC · 24 PTS, 8 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
69% (9-13)
SmartLAL · 26 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
56% (9-16)
LeBronLAL · 19 PTS, 15 REB, 8 AST, 3 BLK
50% (7-14)
Final · Spurs-Lakers
Spurs 132Lakers 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs39313428132
Lakers30282932119
The story
De'Aaron Fox had 20 points as San Antonio beat Los Angeles 132-119

Austin Reaves led Los Angeles with 15 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST 20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST · 8-17 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

The Spurs won the first 39-30, their biggest quarter edge.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +9+12+17+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Thunder
Suns 89Thunder 138
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2325241789
Thunder38363628138
The story
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 28 points and 8 assists carried Oklahoma City past Phoenix, 138-89

For Phoenix, Jamaree Bouyea had 14 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 28 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB · 11-15 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 38-23, was where the Thunder built it.

OKC lead by quarter
500 +15+26+38+49 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 23 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Luka Doncic leads the day with 35

Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 41, 37, 33, 43, 35, 34, 38, 31, 35Lakers-Spurs · L
35.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Stephon CastlePoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 14, 16, 19, 23, 13, 4, 18, 30Spurs-Lakers · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 23, 33, 31, 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28Thunder-Suns · W
32.6 PPG season to date · −4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Marcus SmartPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 5, 13, 9, 13, 5, 6, 7, 26Lakers-Spurs · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chet HolmgrenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 5, 12, 23, 19, 21, 15, 25, 24Thunder-Suns · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
De'Aaron FoxPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 37, 15, 25, 29, 31, 25, 14, 20Spurs-Lakers · W
24.0 PPG season to date · −4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Peyton WatsonDEN+5.1 15.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Noah ClowneyBKN+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Collin GillespiePHX+3.9 17.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Jaylen WellsMEM+3.7 15.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+3.7 18.0 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.2 11.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Jaden McDanielsMIN−2.8 12.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−2.7 11.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Tristan Da SilvaORL−2.7 7.4 last 10 · 10.1 season