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Wednesday, January 14, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed BKN by 4 after the first quarter and won 116–113.

Final · Box score
Raptors115
Pacers101
Q1 TOR +21; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +14
Final · Box score
Cavs133
Sixers107
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +26
Final · Box score
Jazz126
Bulls128
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 Bulls 0; Q4 CHI +2
Final · Box score
Nets113
Pelicans116
Q1 NOP -4; Q2 NOP -1; Q3 Pelicans 0; Q4 NOP +3
Final · Box score
Nuggets118
Mavs109
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Knicks101
Kings112
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +11
Final · Box score
Wizards105
Clippers119
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +19; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +14
On this day · 2024–25Jan 14, 2025: 7 games. Top scorer: Jamal Murray (Nuggets-Mavs), 45 points.
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The lead · Nets-Pelicans

Trey Murphy III scores 34, New Orleans holds off Brooklyn

Donovan Mitchell goes for 35 points

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-10+3NOP AHEAD ↑BKN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets31243226113
Pelicans27273329116
Who led
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42, 35, 21, 31, 34NOP34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Zion WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 35, 12, 15, 22, 31, 22, 12, 25NOP25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 28, 24, 28, 27, 27, 27, 34, 18, 28, 20BKN20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Egor DeminPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 7, 23, 10, 13, 18, 19, 7, 17BKN17 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Jazz-Bulls

Chicago survives Utah, 128–126

A two-point finish after it was 94–94 through three. Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 35 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over UTA2NOP over BKN3DEN over DAL9SAC over NYK11TOR over IND14LAC over WAS14CLE over PHI26Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over UTA.
Lead changes
Jazz-Bulls26
Nets-Pelicans16
Nuggets-Mavs3
Cavs-Sixers2
Knicks-Kings1
Wizards-Clippers1
Raptors-Pacers0
Shot of the night

Vucevic's layup with 4 seconds left breaks the tie, 128-126 final

The night in charts
Jazz-Bulls combined for 254, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-BullsJazz 126, Bulls 128
254
Cavs-SixersCavs 133, Sixers 107
240
Nets-PelicansNets 113, Pelicans 116
229
Nuggets-MavsNuggets 118, Mavs 109
227
Wizards-ClippersWizards 105, Clippers 119
224
Raptors-PacersRaptors 115, Pacers 101
216
Knicks-KingsKnicks 101, Kings 112
213
2 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Jazz-BullsJazz 126, Bulls 128
+2 CHI
Nets-PelicansNets 113, Pelicans 116
+3 NOP
Nuggets-MavsNuggets 118, Mavs 109
+9 DEN
Knicks-KingsKnicks 101, Kings 112
+11 SAC
Raptors-PacersRaptors 115, Pacers 101
+14 TOR
Wizards-ClippersWizards 105, Clippers 119
+14 LAC
Cavs-SixersCavs 133, Sixers 107
+26 CLE
NOP rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-PelicansNOP won · Nets 113, Pelicans 116
4 pts
Jazz-BullsCHI won · Jazz 126, Bulls 128
3 pts
Zion shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ZionNOP · 25 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
79% (11-14)
MobleyCLE · 17 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 4 BLK
70% (7-10)
BagleyWAS · 15 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
SensabaughUTA · 43 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
68% (15-22)
Aaron GordonDEN · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
Final · Jazz-Bulls
Jazz 126Bulls 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz39233232126
Bulls36352334128
The story
Nikola Vucevic had 35 points as Chicago beat Utah 128-126

Kyle Filipowski led Utah with 19 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 35 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 14-22 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the first, the Bulls took the second 35-23.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −3+90+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Pelicans
Nets 113Pelicans 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets31243226113
Pelicans27273329116
The story
Zion Williamson's 25 points carried New Orleans past Brooklyn, 116-113

For Brooklyn, Egor Demin had 17 PTS, 5 AST 25 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 11-14 FG

The swing

The Pelicans trailed by 4 going into the second, then won it 27-24.

NOP lead by quarter
200 −4−10+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Sixers
Cavs 133Sixers 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs33273340133
Sixers18292832107
The story
Cleveland beat Philadelphia 133-107 behind 17 points and 13 rebounds from Evan Mobley

Paul George paced Philadelphia: 17 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 17 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 4 BLK · 7-10 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

A 33-18 first quarter did the most damage for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
300 +15+13+18+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 38 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Brice Sensabaugh leads the day with 43

Brice SensabaughPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 20, 12, 8, 13, 14, 26, 7, 43Jazz-Bulls · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +32.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Larry Hughes WAS, Jan 10, 2004: 43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 10, 34, 33, 30, 30, 28, 21, 35Cavs-Sixers · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 17, 17, 28, 15, 20, 15, 14, 35Bulls-Jazz · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Trey Murphy IIIPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 21, 15, 27, 42, 35, 21, 31, 34Pelicans-Nets · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 24, 20, 21, 34, 27, 22, 35, 33Nuggets-Mavs · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 55, 33, 45, 22, 24, 25, 26, 26, 35, 33Clippers-Wizards · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Peyton WatsonDEN+8.8 22.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Caleb LovePOR+6.2 17.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Anthony BlackORL+5.0 20.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+5.0 15.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+4.7 26.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Harrison BarnesSAS−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA−4.1 15.4 last 10 · 19.5 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−4.0 8.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Bam AdebayoMIA−3.8 13.0 last 10 · 16.8 season
Bennedict MathurinIND−3.7 14.1 last 10 · 17.8 season