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Monday, March 9, 2026Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DEN by 3 after the first quarter and won 129–126.

Final · Box score
Sixers101
Cavs115
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +14
Final · Box score
Grizzlies115
Nets126
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +11
Final · Box score
Nuggets126
Thunder129
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +3
Final · Box score
Warriors116
Jazz119
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +3
Final · Box score
Knicks118
Clippers126
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +8
On this day · 2024–25Mar 9, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder-Nuggets), 40 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Thunder

SGA pours in 35, OKC beats Denver

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander goes for 35 points

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+3+3OKC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets40203333126
Thunder37293033129
Who led
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36, 30, 26, 27, 35OKC35 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Jaylin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 2, 30, 12, 0, 17, 8, 9, 29OKC29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 35, 30, 23, 35, 22, 28, 38, 32DEN32 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Tim Hardaway Jr.Points, last 10 games: 2, 19, 8, 14, 16, 17, 7, 14, 6, 28DEN28 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Warriors-Jazz

Utah leads Golden State wire to wire

Utah was ahead at every break and won 119–116. Best quarter: the third, 32–29. Brice Sensabaugh led Utah with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over DEN3UTA over GSW3LAC over NYK8BKN over MEM11CLE over PHI14Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over GSW.
Lead changes
Warriors-Jazz19
Nuggets-Thunder17
Grizzlies-Nets8
Knicks-Clippers2
Sixers-Cavs1
Shot of the night

SGA's three with 3.3 seconds left breaks the tie, 129-126 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Thunder combined for 255, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 126, Thunder 129
255
Knicks-ClippersKnicks 118, Clippers 126
244
Grizzlies-NetsGrizzlies 115, Nets 126
241
Warriors-JazzWarriors 116, Jazz 119
235
Sixers-CavsSixers 101, Cavs 115
216
2 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-ThunderNuggets 126, Thunder 129
+3 OKC
Warriors-JazzWarriors 116, Jazz 119
+3 UTA
Knicks-ClippersKnicks 118, Clippers 126
+8 LAC
Grizzlies-NetsGrizzlies 115, Nets 126
+11 BKN
Sixers-CavsSixers 101, Cavs 115
+14 CLE
KAT shot 13-of-17 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KATNYK · 35 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 1 BLK
76% (13-17)
SharpeBKN · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
SGAOKC · 35 PTS, 15 AST, 9 REB, 1 STL
67% (14-21)
JokicDEN · 32 PTS, 14 REB, 13 AST, 1 BLK
63% (12-19)
HardawayDEN · 28 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST
63% (10-16)
Final · Nuggets-Thunder
Nuggets 126Thunder 129
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets40203333126
Thunder37293033129
The story
Jaylin Williams had 29 points and 12 rebounds as Oklahoma City beat Denver 129-126

Jamal Murray led Denver with 21 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 29 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST · 10-17 FG, 7-11 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the first, the Thunder took the second 29-20.

OKC lead by quarter
200 −3+6+3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Jazz
Warriors 116Jazz 119
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors27282932116
Jazz29303228119
The story
Kyle Filipowski's 19 points and 15 rebounds carried Utah past Golden State, 119-116

For Golden State, De'Anthony Melton had 22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST · 6-12 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 32-29, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
200 +2+4+7+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Knicks-Clippers
Knicks 118Clippers 126
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks24312637118
Clippers28362438126
The story
LA beat New York 126-118 behind 29 points and 8 assists from Kawhi Leonard

Jalen Brunson paced New York: 28 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB 29 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB · 10-19 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

A 36-31 second quarter did the most damage for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +4+9+7+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Karl-Anthony Towns topped the game at 61.4 FPTS: 35 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.7 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the day with 35

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 30, 34, 20, 36, 30, 26, 27, 35Thunder-Nuggets · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Karl-Anthony TownsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 14, 17, 12, 21, 17, 17, 25, 35Knicks-Clippers · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Nikola JokicPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 35, 30, 23, 35, 22, 28, 38, 32Nuggets-Thunder · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: LeBron James CLE, Nov 7, 2007: 32 PTS · 15 REB · 13 AST
32 PTS · 14 REB · 13 AST
Jaylin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 2, 30, 12, 0, 17, 8, 9, 29Thunder-Nuggets · W
7.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 31, 37, 23, 23, 29, 30, 28, 29Clippers-Knicks · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 20, 27, 24, 26, 16, 9, 24, 28Knicks-Clippers · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Precious AchiuwaSAC+7.2 15.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
GG JacksonMEM+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cooper FlaggDAL+5.7 25.9 last 10 · 20.2 season
Joel EmbiidPHI+5.5 32.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Isaiah CollierUTA+5.4 16.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Deni AvdijaPOR−7.0 17.3 last 10 · 24.3 season
Austin ReavesLAL−5.4 18.1 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nikola VucevicBOS−5.3 10.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
James HardenCLE−5.3 18.9 last 10 · 24.2 season
Jalen BrunsonNYK−4.9 21.3 last 10 · 26.2 season