Nuggets
132–129
Pelicans
Projected minutes were not kept for this game.
Nuggets
132–129
Pelicans 
Rockets
114–110
Raptors
Projected minutes were not kept for this game.
Pacers
122–95
Kings
Projected minutes were not kept for this game.
How it works: each player's minutes in his team's recent games (the newest count most), split by starting and coming off the bench; tonight's lineup (expected or confirmed) decides who starts; players out tonight leave their minutes to the others, most of them to the same position; then each team is fitted to 240 minutes. Tested on the 2025-26 season, when the injury report was right it missed by 4.6 minutes per player on average, against 5.1 for a plain last-10 average.