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Saturday, December 13, 2025Regular season · NBA Cup · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed OKC by 11 after the first quarter and won 111–109.

Final · Cup · Box score
Knicks132
Magic120
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Cup · Box score
Spurs111
Thunder109
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +2
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The lead · NBA Cup · Spurs-Thunder

San Antonio rallies from 11 down to beat OKC

Jalen Brunson goes for 40 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-3+1+2SAS AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs20263233111
Thunder31182832109
Who led
Devin VassellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 35, 22, 12, 15, 28, 5, 8, 23SAS23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Victor WembanyamaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 9, 19, 22, 18, 38, 31, 26, 22SAS22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29OKC29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jalen WilliamsPoints, last 7 games: 11, 16, 22, 15, 25, 15, 17OKC17 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Knicks-Magic · Cup

New York makes it five straight

New York beat Orlando 132–120 and moved to 18–7. Jalen Brunson led New York with 40 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Streak strip · NYK
W@ BKN113–100W@ CHA129–101Wvs MIL118–109Wvs TOR116–94L@ BOS117–123Wvs CHA119–104Wvs UTA146–112Wvs ORL106–100W@ TOR117–101W@ ORL132–120
Lead changes
Knicks-Magic11
Spurs-Thunder11
The night in charts
Knicks-Magic combined for 252, 32 more than any other game
Points by game
Knicks-MagicKnicks 132, Magic 120
252
Spurs-ThunderSpurs 111, Thunder 109
220
SAS won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Spurs-ThunderSpurs 111, Thunder 109
+2 SAS
Knicks-MagicKnicks 132, Magic 120
+12 NYK
SAS erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Spurs-ThunderSAS won · Spurs 111, Thunder 109
11 pts
Knicks-MagicNYK won · Knicks 132, Magic 120
3 pts
KAT shot 9-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KATNYK · 29 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
82% (9-11)
SuggsORL · 26 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB
63% (10-16)
OGNYK · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
62% (8-13)
BrunsonNYK · 40 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
59% (16-27)
CastleSAS · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST
56% (9-16)
Final · Spurs-Thunder
Spurs 111Thunder 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs20263233111
Thunder31182832109
The story
Victor Wembanyama had 22 points as San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 111-109

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 29 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST · 6-11 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the first, the Spurs took the second 26-18.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −11−3+1+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Magic
Knicks 132Magic 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks33382932132
Magic36282828120
The story
Karl-Anthony Towns' 29 points carried New York past Orlando, 132-120

For Orlando, Wendell Carter Jr. had 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 29 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 9-11 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Knicks trailed by 3 going into the second, then won it 38-28.

NYK lead by quarter
200 −3+7+8+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.9Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 30.8 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Brunson leads the day with 40

Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 37, 18, 15, 26, 33, 30, 35, 40Knicks-Magic · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Tyrese Maxey PHI, Jan 29, 2026: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 19, 9, 22, 29, 35, 18, 14, 29Knicks-Magic · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 37, 40, 37, 26, 38, 33, 28, 29Thunder-Spurs · L
32.4 PPG season to date · −3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jalen SuggsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 4, 14, 10, 24, 22, 17, 20, 26Magic-Knicks · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 15, 28, 28, 4, 9, 16, 18, 25Magic-Knicks · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
OG AnunobyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 19, 16, 8, 2, 11, 21, 13, 24Knicks-Magic · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Noah ClowneyBKN+4.9 18.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Saddiq BeyNOP+4.8 19.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jaylen WellsMEM+4.5 16.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Collin GillespiePHX+3.9 17.0 last 10 · 13.1 season
Josh HartNYK+3.6 16.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Tristan Da SilvaORL−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Lauri MarkkanenUTA−4.0 23.6 last 10 · 27.6 season
Devin BookerPHX−3.8 21.2 last 10 · 25.0 season
Ajay MitchellOKC−3.4 10.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Julius RandleMIN−2.9 20.1 last 10 · 23.0 season