Sunday, October 11, 2026Preseason · 4 games

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Final

Mavs132

Rockets115

Final

Magic105

Cavs119

Final

Bucks90

Hornets105

Final

Bulls128

Nuggets133

The lead · Mavs-Rockets

Kyrie's back after 586 days with 17 on 6-of-13 in a 132-115 Mavs win, and Jokic drops a 22-11-10 triple-double

Harden goes 7-of-10 for 24

Final

Mavs 132 · Rockets 115

Who led

Kyrie IrvingDAL17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST

Zaccharie RisacherDAL16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST

Marcus SmartHOU20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST

Reed SheppardHOU17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST

Top-scorer duel · Mavs-Rockets

Jokic tops the night at 49.7 FPTS

Top 8 FPTS

JokicDEN · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST, 1 BLK

49.7

Leonard MillerCHI · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST

38.4

FlaggDAL · 14 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB, 2 STL

36.8

SmartHOU · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK

36.0

Amen ThompsonHOU · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL

35.9

RollinsMIL · 12 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST

35.8

HardenCLE · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL

34.3

Jabari Smith Jr.HOU · 14 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL

32.8

The night in charts

Bulls-Nuggets combined for 261, 14 more than any other game

Points by game

Bulls-NuggetsBulls 128, Nuggets 133

261

Mavs-RocketsMavs 132, Rockets 115

247

Magic-CavsMagic 105, Cavs 119

224

Bucks-HornetsBucks 90, Hornets 105

195

DEN won the closest game by 5

Closest finishes

Bulls-NuggetsBulls 128, Nuggets 133

+5 DEN

Magic-CavsMagic 105, Cavs 119

+14 CLE

Bucks-HornetsBucks 90, Hornets 105

+15 CHA

Mavs-RocketsMavs 132, Rockets 115

+17 DAL

Leonard Miller shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand

Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA

Leonard MillerCHI · 26 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST

79% (11-14)

Aaron GordonDEN · 25 PTS, 6 REB

75% (9-12)

HardenCLE · 24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL

70% (7-10)

JokicDEN · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 10 AST, 1 BLK

67% (8-12)

Jabari Smith Jr.HOU · 14 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL

60% (6-10)

Final · Mavs-Rockets

Mavs 132Rockets 115

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
Mavs	28	30	37	37	132
Rockets	27	24	34	30	115

The story

Kyrie's first game since tearing his ACL on March 3, 2025

The swing

Tied 77-77 at 5:32 of the 3rd, Dallas ran 15-2 (to 92-79 at 2:38) and led the rest of the way; 12 lead changes, DAL max lead 19.

DAL lead by quarter

How it happened12 lead changes

DAL margin, every score

1
The swing · Mavs 11-0, Q2 10:37 to 7:47
Down 31-28, the Mavs rip off 11 straight to lead 39-31.
2
The finish · HOU within 9, Q4 5:24
Within 9 at 114-105 with 5:24 left, then no closer. 132-115 final.
3
Biggest lead · DAL +19, 132-113
19 points clear in the fourth. The closest the Rockets got after was 17.

Final · Bulls-Nuggets

Bulls 128Nuggets 133

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
Bulls	27	41	26	34	128
Nuggets	29	30	40	34	133

The story

Jokic went 22-11-10 on 8-of-12 for a triple-double in barely half a game

Denver was down 15 in the 2nd, then dropped 40 in the 3rd to take over

The swing

Chicago led 68-59 at the half; Denver won the 3rd 40-26 to lead 99-94, the Bulls got within 126-125 on Orlando Robinson's three with 1:30 left, and Denver closed it at the free-throw line.

DEN lead by quarter

How it happened

DEN margin at each quarter break

1
Biggest quarter · Nuggets 40-26 in the 3rd
The Nuggets win the 3rd by 14, the widest quarter of the game.
2
Biggest lead · DEN +5 after Q3
The Bulls down 5 after Q3, their deepest hole at a break.
3
The final · DEN +5, 133-128
The Nuggets close it out 133-128.

Final · Magic-Cavs

Magic 105Cavs 119

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
Magic	28	22	25	30	105
Cavs	32	29	29	29	119

The story

Harden needed just 10 shots for 24 as Cleveland pulled away

Orlando erased a 14-point hole to tie it at 64 in the 3rd, then the Cavs ran 26-8

The swing

Down 64-50 early in the 3rd, Orlando ran 14-0 to tie it 64-64 at 6:33. Cleveland answered with a 26-8 run to 90-72 and led the rest of the way, max lead 18.

CLE lead by quarter

How it happened

CLE margin at each quarter break

1
Biggest quarter · Cavs 29-22 in the 2nd
The Cavs outscore the Magic by 7 in the 2nd.
2
Biggest lead · CLE +15 after Q3
The Cavs up 15 after Q3, 90-75.
3
The final · CLE +14, 119-105
119-105 at the horn, 14 in it.

Second story · the whole slate

4 finals, widest margin 17

The whole night · final margins

Top performances

Leonard MillerBulls-Nuggets · L26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST

Aaron GordonNuggets-Bulls · W25 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST

James HardenCavs-Magic · W24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST

Nikola JokicNuggets-Bulls · W22 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST

Marcus SmartRockets-Mavs · L20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST

Tyler HerroBucks-Hornets · L18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST

Box scores

Mavs 132 @ Rockets 115 · Final

Mavericks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Cooper Flagg	25:00	14	4	7	2	1	3-10	1-4	7-8	2	-9
P.J. Washington	16:00	10	2	1	0	2	3-7	2-5	2-2	1	+6
Daniel Gafford	15:00	9	4	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	3-3	1	-12
Zaccharie Risacher	24:00	16	3	2	1	1	7-13	2-6	0-0	3	+7
Kyrie Irving	22:00	17	2	3	0	0	6-13	2-6	3-3	0	+2
Tarik Biberovic	13:00	8	2	1	0	2	3-7	2-6	0-0	1	+10
Max Christie	22:00	14	4	1	1	0	4-7	2-3	4-4	2	+3
Moussa Cisse	7:00	3	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	3-4	0	-1
Jett Howard	9:00	4	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-2	2-2	1	+6
Tobi Lawal	9:00	5	5	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	3-4	0	+6
Seth Lundy	8:00	3	0	1	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	+9
Naji Marshall	18:00	14	2	0	3	2	4-8	1-3	5-6	1	+8
Caleb Martin	15:00	3	4	3	2	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	2	+2
Dwight Powell	15:00	3	5	2	1	0	1-1	0-0	1-1	0	+14
Sergio De Larrea	22:00	9	7	4	2	0	3-7	1-3	2-2	2	+34
Total		132	46	28	12	10	41-85	15-40	35-39	16

Rockets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Amen Thompson	30:00	14	7	6	1	1	4-12	1-4	5-6	2	+4
Jabari Smith Jr.	28:00	14	9	4	1	0	6-10	2-6	0-0	2	+1
Clint Capela	24:00	5	9	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	1-2	3	-8
Reed Sheppard	25:00	17	1	1	1	2	5-12	4-10	3-4	5	+3
Marcus Smart	24:00	20	5	4	0	1	7-13	4-9	2-3	1	+4
Bogdan Bogdanovic	14:00	7	4	0	1	0	2-7	2-6	1-1	4	-10
Quadir Copeland	12:00	2	1	2	0	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	-7
Isaiah Crawford	17:00	6	1	0	2	0	1-3	1-2	3-4	1	-10
Tari Eason	22:00	9	6	0	1	1	3-8	0-3	3-3	1	-21
Sean Pedulla	7:00	0	0	1	1	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	0	-11
Julian Phillips	8:00	0	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	-8
Bruce Thornton	18:00	9	0	0	1	0	2-6	0-4	5-7	1	-15
Oscar Tshiebwe	12:00	12	4	1	1	1	4-5	0-0	4-6	1	-7
Total		115	50	19	10	7	37-90	14-47	27-36	21

Magic 105 @ Cavs 119 · Final

Magic
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Franz Wagner	15:00	10	5	3	0	0	4-7	1-2	1-1	4	-9
Paolo Banchero	18:00	10	7	2	0	1	1-10	1-3	7-10	3	-9
Wendell Carter Jr.	19:00	4	5	2	1	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	+6
Jase Richardson	26:00	12	3	4	1	0	5-9	0-1	2-3	2	-4
Goga Bitadze	12:00	7	2	0	1	0	3-3	0-0	1-2	1	-5
Malaki Branham	11:00	7	3	1	1	0	2-4	1-3	2-2	2	-10
Jamal Cain	19:00	11	3	1	1	0	4-7	1-1	2-2	0	+10
Jevon Carter	19:00	2	2	4	1	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	-10
Colin Castleton	6:00	2	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0
JD Davison	12:00	6	1	3	1	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	+1
Kevin Knox	12:00	7	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	2-3	2	-8
Alex Morales	16:00	0	0	1	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	-17
Noah Penda	22:00	8	5	5	1	1	3-8	2-4	0-0	1	0
Nikola Vucevic	11:00	2	3	0	2	0	1-6	0-2	0-0	0	-15
Tristan Da Silva	24:00	17	3	2	2	0	6-14	4-11	1-2	1	0
Total		105	45	28	13	3	37-91	13-38	18-25	18

Cavaliers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Peyton Watson	22:00	6	4	1	2	0	3-10	0-3	0-0	1	0
Evan Mobley	27:00	14	7	2	0	2	3-10	0-1	8-9	2	+7
Jarrett Allen	25:00	7	7	1	0	2	3-8	1-2	0-0	0	+8
Donovan Mitchell	26:00	11	5	6	1	0	3-9	1-5	4-5	3	+10
James Harden	26:00	24	4	2	1	0	7-10	3-5	7-9	2	+5
Thomas Bryant	7:00	12	4	0	0	0	5-6	2-3	0-0	1	-2
Tristan Enaruna	8:00	5	3	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	2-2	1	+2
Mario Hezonja	17:00	13	5	2	2	2	5-9	2-4	1-1	3	+15
Sam Merrill	18:00	5	4	3	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-2	2	+10
Craig Porter	13:00	0	1	4	1	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	+4
Tyrese Proctor	8:00	3	1	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	+2
Meleek Thomas	18:00	4	1	2	2	1	2-7	0-3	0-0	1	+1
Jaylon Tyson	21:00	13	2	1	0	0	4-8	3-5	2-2	1	+7
Ernest Udeh, Jr.	5:00	2	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	+1
Total		119	49	24	10	7	39-86	15-37	26-30	20

Bucks 90 @ Hornets 105 · Final

Bucks
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	20:00	9	7	4	0	0	3-6	2-3	1-2	0	-2
Kyle Kuzma	22:00	12	4	2	2	0	4-8	2-5	2-4	2	-2
Myles Turner	24:00	5	2	0	1	5	2-7	1-5	0-0	4	-4
Tyler Herro	23:00	18	7	2	0	0	6-13	3-6	3-3	1	+1
Ryan Rollins	23:00	12	4	2	3	2	5-15	2-8	0-0	0	-8
A.J. Green	22:00	6	2	4	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	1	-21
Kam Jones	7:00	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	+3
Caris LeVert	18:00	0	1	2	1	0	0-3	0-0	0-2	1	-9
Pete Nance	7:00	3	4	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	+3
Kevin Porter Jr.	18:00	6	4	4	2	0	1-6	0-2	4-6	1	-10
Jericho Sims	15:00	6	6	1	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	-10
Jake Stephens	3:00	3	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	+5
Gary Trent Jr.	14:00	0	2	0	1	0	0-8	0-5	0-0	1	+1
Kel'el Ware	24:00	10	2	1	0	0	4-9	2-4	0-0	1	-22
Total		90	48	23	10	8	32-89	15-46	11-19	13

Hornets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Liam McNeeley	27:00	11	0	5	2	0	4-11	3-8	0-0	0	+12
Naz Reid	20:00	16	2	1	0	1	7-14	2-6	0-0	0	+11
Moussa Diabate	20:00	8	11	2	1	2	3-5	0-0	2-4	1	+7
Brandon Miller	23:00	18	3	4	0	1	6-15	4-9	2-2	4	+3
Dennis Schroder	17:00	3	3	4	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	+1
Michael Ajayi	12:00	3	3	3	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	+4
Pat Connaughton	12:00	1	3	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	1-2	2	-5
Wyatt Fricks	3:00	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	-5
PJ Hall	9:00	4	4	0	0	1	2-6	0-3	0-0	0	-3
Sion James	21:00	11	5	4	0	0	3-4	3-4	2-2	2	+19
Jarkel Joiner	12:00	4	2	2	0	0	1-2	1-2	1-2	1	-5
Ryan Kalkbrenner	12:00	4	5	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	+10
Royce O'Neale	17:00	9	1	1	1	0	4-7	1-4	0-0	1	+19
Tidjane Salaun	23:00	5	7	1	0	0	1-8	1-7	2-2	0	+5
Hannes Steinbach	12:00	8	5	1	0	0	4-10	0-0	0-0	1	+2
Total		105	54	29	5	5	39-92	17-51	10-14	14

Bulls 128 @ Nuggets 133 · Final

Bulls
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Matas Buzelis	23:00	13	6	3	0	1	5-10	2-5	1-2	2	0
Caleb Wilson	25:00	17	4	5	0	1	6-10	1-4	4-7	5	0
Jalen Smith	14:00	11	3	0	1	0	4-6	3-5	0-0	1	+3
Isaac Okoro	13:00	5	1	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	-2
Josh Giddey	24:00	7	1	8	1	1	1-3	1-2	4-4	1	-7
Jalen Bridges	7:00	3	2	0	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	+1
Noa Essengue	23:00	8	6	2	1	0	4-9	0-3	0-0	1	-2
Jordan Hawkins	10:00	6	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-3	0-0	1	-8
Buddy Hield	19:00	15	3	1	2	0	4-7	4-6	3-3	1	-2
Tre Jones	10:00	0	1	5	1	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	+6
Leonard Miller	22:00	26	7	2	0	0	11-14	4-6	0-0	1	-2
Drew Peterson	7:00	3	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	+1
Orlando Robinson	12:00	8	6	2	0	1	3-5	1-1	1-2	1	-6
Dailyn Swain	15:00	0	1	2	1	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	2	-2
Patrick Williams	16:00	6	4	3	0	0	3-8	0-4	0-0	0	-5
Total		128	45	34	8	5	47-93	21-50	13-18	18

Nuggets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT	TOV	+/-
Cameron Johnson	25:00	15	3	1	2	0	5-7	4-5	1-2	1	+8
Aaron Gordon	23:00	25	6	0	0	0	9-12	3-4	4-5	2	+8
Nikola Jokic	26:00	22	11	10	0	1	8-12	1-2	5-7	4	+6
Christian Braun	23:00	2	5	1	1	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	0	+13
Jamal Murray	26:00	13	3	5	0	0	4-11	1-5	4-4	2	+9
Trevon Brazile	9:00	3	5	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	-2
DeMar DeRozan	9:00	2	2	2	0	0	0-4	0-1	2-2	0	-10
Alpha Diallo	13:00	2	4	0	3	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	+4
DaRon Holmes II	15:00	11	5	1	0	0	3-5	1-2	4-8	1	+4
Bryce Hopkins	16:00	10	1	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	6-8	1	0
Tyus Jones	13:00	4	0	2	2	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	-2
Ryan Nembhard	9:00	3	0	2	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	-2
Zeke Nnaji	7:00	4	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	2-4	1	-5
Julian Strawther	17:00	13	2	0	1	0	5-12	3-6	0-0	2	-4
Cam Whitmore	9:00	4	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	0	-2
Total		133	48	26	9	4	44-87	13-32	32-46	15

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