NBA Recap | November 5, 2026
Thursday's two-game night opened in Phoenix, where Devin Booker scored 30 and Dillon Brooks 24 and the Suns turned an eight-point game into a rout with a 22-5 run in the third quarter, beating Orlando 117-104 on the second night of a back-to-back. Wendell Carter Jr. had 27 and 13 on 10-of-12 for the Magic, but Orlando turned it over 25 times. Then Golden State, rested, took its first lead midway through the third and beat a Miami team on its own back-to-back 120-100 for a sixth straight win. Here's how it went down, both cards graded, and where the record stands.
Booker Scores 30, Brooks Adds 24, and Phoenix Buries Orlando With a 22-5 Run in the Third
Orlando Magic 104, Phoenix Suns 117
Booker opened with threes from 30 and 26 feet in the first 90 seconds, and the first quarter traded leads until Desmond Bane's free throw tied it 17-17 with 5:32 left. Brooks' 21-footer off Booker at 5:20 put Phoenix ahead for good, and the Suns led 33-26 after one. The lead sat at 10 for most of the second: Luke Kennard's three off Miles Bridges made it 36-26 at 11:49, Goga Bitadze's alley-oop off Franz Wagner had Orlando within 41-31 at 8:23, and Booker's step-back from 15 feet at 3:23 made it 56-46. Phoenix led 63-51 at the half.
Orlando opened the third with a push. Wagner's running layup, Anthony Black's layup and Carter's alley-oop dunk off Wagner at 10:21 cut it to 65-57, and it looked like a game. It was not. Jalen Green's step-back at 10:09, Brooks' three off Booker at 9:42 and Brooks' dunk at 8:44 made it 72-57, Booker's three from 25 feet at 8:06 made it 75-60, Bridges' three off Booker at 5:56 made it 83-62, and Khaman Maluach's hook off Booker at 4:29 finished a 22-5 run at 87-62. Orlando turned it over 10 times in the quarter, Phoenix outscored the Magic 33-22, and it was 96-73 after three. Collin Gillespie's three off Kennard at 9:23 of the fourth made it 105-75, a 30-point lead and the biggest of the night, and Orlando won the rest of the quarter 29-12 for the final 117-104.
Booker had 30 on 11-of-22 with four threes, eight assists and three steals in 34 minutes, Brooks 24 on 9-of-16 with four threes, Bridges 18 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, Kennard 12 and Ryan Dunn 11 on 5-of-7. Phoenix went 17-of-34 from three with 30 assists on 45 baskets. Carter led Orlando with 27 and 13 on 10-of-12, Tristan da Silva scored 18 with four threes, and Wagner had 15 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds against six turnovers; Bane scored 15 on 5-of-12. The Magic went 13-of-38 from three and 13-of-24 at the line and gave the ball away 25 times. Phoenix is 2-5; Orlando is 2-6 and has lost three straight.
THE CARD, GRADED · ORL @ PHX
Side PHX -1.5 (Lean) · closing number PHX -1.5 · Phoenix won by 13, 11.5 points past the number · cleared
Total Over 223.5 (Lean) · closing number 223.5 · the teams combined for 221, 2.5 under the number · missed
Our number had Phoenix by four at home against the book's 1.5, and the Suns cleared it by 11 and a half on the second night of a back-to-back. The over was our 228.3 against 223.5; the teams were on pace for it at 96-73 through three, then scored 52 in the fourth, and Orlando's 25 turnovers cost it the possessions it needed.
Golden State Takes Its First Lead in the Third and Runs Away From a Tired Miami for a Sixth Straight Win
Miami Heat 100, Golden State Warriors 120
Miami, a night after Klay Thompson's overtime winner against the Clippers, led 29-26 after one quarter, and the teams went to the half tied at 53. Golden State did not take its first lead until Stephen Curry's basket with 8:17 left in the third, and the Warriors won the quarter 38-23 to go into the fourth up 91-76, then won the fourth 29-24.
Curry finished with 29 points on 9-of-19, 6-of-12 from three and 5-of-5 at the line, with four assists and a plus-17 in 28 minutes. Yaxel Lendeborg added 17 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals, Georges Niang scored 13 off the bench on 5-of-8, Draymond Green had 11 assists, and Charles Bassey had eight points, seven rebounds and three blocks; Al Horford was a plus-21 in 18 minutes off the bench. Golden State shot 53 percent with 36 assists on 42 baskets. Davion Mitchell led Miami with 22 and eight assists against five turnovers, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 20 points and 14 rebounds on 7-of-13 and was a minus-22, Bam Adebayo had 18 and 10, and Thompson went 3-of-10 for 11 against his former team. The Heat shot 13-of-44 from three and turned it over 19 times. It was the sixth straight win for a Golden State team that started 0-3. Golden State is 6-3; Miami is 3-6.
THE CARD, GRADED · MIA @ GSW
Side GSW -6.5 (Strong) · preview number GSW -6.5 · Golden State won by 20, 13.5 points past the number · cleared
Total Over 237.5 (Lean) · preview number 237.5 · the teams combined for 220, 17.5 under the number · missed
Our number had the Warriors by more than 11 against the book's 6.5, and a rested Golden State team won by 20 against a Miami team on the second night of a back-to-back. The over was our 243.1 against 237.5, and the teams finished 17.5 short of it.
Phoenix Gets Up Off the Mat, and Golden State Makes It Six Straight
A night after giving up 132 to Portland, the Suns held Orlando to 22 in the third quarter and won by 13 to reach 2-5. Orlando, still without Paolo Banchero and Jalen Suggs, lost its third straight and is 2-6 despite a 10-of-12 night from Wendell Carter Jr. In San Francisco, Golden State trailed or was tied for the first 20 minutes before a 38-23 third quarter pulled it away from Miami for its sixth straight win since an 0-3 start. Both side leans cleared; both over leans missed.
Star of the Night: Devin Booker, G, Phoenix Suns
30 PTS | 8 AST | 3 STL | 11-of-22 FG | 4-of-8 3PT | 4-of-4 FT | 34 MIN | +16
Stephen Curry's 29 on six threes in 28 minutes, Dillon Brooks' 24 on 9-of-16, and Carter's 27 and 13 in a loss made cases of their own. Booker made the first two shots of the night, had four assists during the 22-5 run that ended it, and did it on the second night of a back-to-back after a home loss, so he gets the night by a hair over Curry.
Dud of the Night: Jamal Cain, F, Orlando Magic
5 PTS | 2-of-9 FG | 1-of-6 3PT | 5 REB | 0 AST | 2 TO | 25 MIN | -14
Klay Thompson's 3-of-10 against his former team, Tristan da Silva's minus-15 and Franz Wagner's six turnovers were in the conversation. Cain missed seven of nine shots and five of six threes in 25 minutes, and Orlando was outscored by 14 with him on the floor.
THE RECORD · NBA REGULAR SEASON
Side 66-57-0 · 54% of 123 · Total 55-57-0 · 49% of 112 · through November 5
This slate: side 2-0, total 0-2 (4 leans).
Every card is graded against the number printed in the preview. The full ledger, by tier and by month, is on The Record.
What's next
Friday is a nine-game night. Boston at Charlotte and Washington at Atlanta tip at 7 PM ET, Philadelphia visits Cleveland at 7:30, the 8 o'clock window has Oklahoma City at Memphis, Minnesota at New Orleans, Utah at Dallas and Toronto at Milwaukee, and the late games are Portland at the Lakers and San Antonio at Sacramento at 10. We'll have the preview, the cards and every lean before tip-off.
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