Basketball
Plus-minus in basketball: useful, noisy and easy to misread
A bench player finishes +14 and a starter finishes -9. Plus-minus is one of the simplest numbers in a box score and one of the easiest to over-interpret.
By Live Desk ·
Basketball
Standings, quarter-by-quarter scores and team box totals.
Competitions
EuroLeague
Europe's top club competition: 20 teams play a double round-robin regular season of 38 rounds (24 September 2026 to 16 April 2027). Places 1-6 go straight to the best-of-five playoffs, places 7-10 enter the Play-In, and the Final Four is played on 28 and 30 May 2027.
Leading teams
- Panathinaikos5–1
- Fenerbahce5–1
- Olympiacos5–1
- Valencia Basket4–2
NBA
30 teams in two conferences (15 each) play an 82-game regular season that opens on 20 October 2026; the top six in each conference qualify for the playoffs directly and places 7-10 enter the Play-In Tournament.
Leading teams
Matches
EuroLeagueBasketball
FTFenerbahce99–80Zalgiris KaunasQ1 27–14 · Q2 23–29 · Q3 28–13 · Q4 21–24FTASVEL82–84Crvena ZvezdaQ1 23–26 · Q2 23–16 · Q3 21–24 · Q4 15–18FTPartizan55–72PanathinaikosQ1 16–16 · Q2 12–19 · Q3 8–20 · Q4 19–17FTBarcelona90–87Maccabi Tel AvivQ1 23–24 · Q2 17–18 · Q3 27–22 · Q4 23–23FTOlimpia Milan89–98Real MadridQ1 25–21 · Q2 15–32 · Q3 27–31 · Q4 22–14FTBaskonia79–93Dubai BasketballQ1 23–25 · Q2 20–19 · Q3 19–26 · Q4 17–23FTValencia Basket97–102OlympiacosQ1 31–17 · Q2 28–17 · Q3 12–25 · Q4 19–31 · OT1 7–12FTHapoel Tel Aviv100–82BesiktasQ1 22–18 · Q2 21–21 · Q3 32–16 · Q4 25–27FTAnadolu Efes93–101Bayern MunichQ1 22–26 · Q2 24–28 · Q3 22–21 · Q4 25–26FTParis Basketball94–96Virtus BolognaQ1 26–26 · Q2 12–20 · Q3 27–18 · Q4 29–32FTFenerbahce74–65PartizanQ1 12–19 · Q2 13–9 · Q3 34–16 · Q4 15–21FTValencia Basket88–91Maccabi Tel AvivQ1 23–31 · Q2 25–19 · Q3 24–21 · Q4 16–20FTOlimpia Milan97–101Dubai BasketballQ1 23–29 · Q2 26–27 · Q3 19–27 · Q4 29–18FTReal Madrid111–92ASVELQ1 27–25 · Q2 34–23 · Q3 16–23 · Q4 34–21FTZalgiris Kaunas70–85Anadolu EfesQ1 12–21 · Q2 24–21 · Q3 20–25 · Q4 14–18FTBesiktas95–87Bayern MunichQ1 26–17 · Q2 27–18 · Q3 16–23 · Q4 26–29FTCrvena Zvezda90–81Paris BasketballQ1 28–18 · Q2 18–18 · Q3 31–22 · Q4 13–23FTPanathinaikos81–91Hapoel Tel AvivQ1 25–29 · Q2 21–19 · Q3 15–20 · Q4 20–23FTVirtus Bologna86–78BaskoniaQ1 24–12 · Q2 22–22 · Q3 22–19 · Q4 18–25FTBarcelona100–105OlympiacosQ1 30–26 · Q2 17–31 · Q3 19–20 · Q4 26–15 · OT1 8–1316:00 UTCHapoel Tel Aviv–Virtus Bologna17:30 UTCAnadolu Efes–Besiktas18:00 UTCBayern Munich–Dubai Basketball18:05 UTCMaccabi Tel Aviv–Real Madrid18:15 UTCPanathinaikos–Baskonia18:30 UTCOlimpia Milan–Barcelona18:45 UTCPartizan–Crvena Zvezda17:00 UTCZalgiris Kaunas–ASVEL18:15 UTCOlympiacos–Fenerbahce18:45 UTCParis Basketball–Valencia BasketNBABasketball
19:00 UTCDetroit Pistons–Boston Celtics23:00 UTCNew York Knicks–Philadelphia 76ers01:30 UTCSan Antonio Spurs–Oklahoma City Thunder23:00 UTCOrlando Magic–Atlanta Hawks23:00 UTCWashington Wizards–Milwaukee Bucks23:30 UTCMiami Heat–Minnesota Timberwolves23:30 UTCBrooklyn Nets–Charlotte Hornets23:30 UTCToronto Raptors–Chicago Bulls00:00 UTCMemphis Grizzlies–Utah Jazz00:00 UTCNew Orleans Pelicans–Indiana Pacers00:30 UTCHouston Rockets–Dallas Mavericks02:00 UTCLos Angeles Lakers–Golden State Warriors02:00 UTCPortland Trail Blazers–Phoenix Suns02:30 UTCLA Clippers–Sacramento KingsNo matches on this date.