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Tuesday’s Sports Recap

November 9: Buffalo shuts down Minnesota, Dončić returns with 32, Wembanyama scores 40, and Indiana edges Syracuse. All 59 games are final.

Covered action date: Monday, November 9, 2026, Eastern Time. All 59 games across the five covered sports were verified final: one NFL game, eight NBA games and fifty NCAA men’s basketball games. FBS and MLB had no games. These are sports results, not ISR’s paid-pick performance.

NFL — one final

Matchup / box scoreAway–homeStatus
Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings23–6Final
  • Buffalo won 23–6 at Minnesota and improved to 7–1. Josh Allen completed 21 of 31 passes for 234 yards, one touchdown and one interception. James Cook III rushed 31 times for 107 yards and a touchdown.
  • Minnesota fell to 6–2 with Carson Wentz starting. Wentz completed eight of 25 passes for 81 yards and threw two interceptions. Justin Jefferson caught three passes for 58 yards. The Vikings scored all six points in the second quarter and were held scoreless after halftime.

ISR analysis: Buffalo’s seventeen-point margin sits beside a large difference in passing production. Review the actual replacement-quarterback possessions rather than assigning Minnesota’s season passing averages to Wentz’s start.

NBA — eight finals

  • The Lakers won 124–114 at Atlanta. Luka Dončić had 32 points and ten assists; Walker Kessler collected ten rebounds. CJ McCollum scored 21 for the Hawks.
  • San Antonio beat Phoenix 122–96. Victor Wembanyama supplied forty points and eleven rebounds; Stephon Castle had seven assists. Devin Booker scored 32 for Phoenix.
  • Houston beat Denver 110–100. Kevin Durant finished with 23 points, twelve rebounds and eight assists. Jamal Murray scored 38; Nikola Jokić had sixteen rebounds and nine assists for Denver.
  • Memphis won 118–102 at Toronto. Ty Jerome scored 27 and Cameron Boozer supplied eight assists. Toronto’s Jamal Shead had twenty points and eleven assists.

ISR analysis: The players who actually appeared resolve yesterday’s conditional availability questions. Preserve the actual combinations and workloads when reviewing these games rather than treating a morning questionable designation as a confirmed absence.

NCAA men’s basketball — fifty finals

Matchup / box scoreAway–homeStatus
Wagner Seahawks at UConn Huskies41–83Final
Grambling Tigers at Texas Longhorns62–93Final
Radford Highlanders at Tennessee Volunteers47–70Final
North Florida Ospreys at Miami Hurricanes51–89Final
Oakland Golden Grizzlies at Alabama Crimson Tide68–109Final
Cheyney (PA) Wolves at Coppin State Eagles53–90Final
McDaniel Green Terror at UMBC Retrievers61–91Final
Hiram Terriers at Canisius Golden Griffins60–117Final
Marshall Thundering Herd at Ohio State Buckeyes74–84Final
Howard Bison at Pennsylvania Quakers65–78Final
Penn State Schuylkill Nittany Lions at Buffalo Bulls65–107Final
Syracuse Orange at Indiana Hoosiers80–83Final
Simpson (IA) Storm at Western Illinois Leathernecks48–90Final
Muskingum Fighting Muskies at Akron Zips64–112Final
UNC Greensboro Spartans at UIC Flames72–82Final
Eastern Illinois Panthers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish70–94Final
Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies at Alabama State Hornets79–77Final
Baptist (Fl) Eagles at West Florida Argonauts59–110Final
South Carolina Upstate Spartans at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers56–65Final
Washington Maryland Shoremen at Loyola Maryland Greyhounds64–106Final
Covenant Fighting Scots at Chattanooga Mocs67–97Final
Kansas City Roos at Jacksonville Dolphins61–79Final
Stonehill Skyhawks at Columbia Lions55–75Final
Long Island University Sharks at Towson Tigers46–66Final
Elmira Soaring Eagles at Le Moyne Dolphins39–109Final
South Carolina State Bulldogs at Chicago State Cougars82–67Final
North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Clemson Tigers77–92Final
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Cincinnati Bearcats63–61Final
Cleveland State Vikings at Bowling Green Falcons79–95Final
Brescia Bearcats at Ball State Cardinals64–89Final
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles at Georgia Bulldogs72–80Final
College of Biblical Studies Ambassadors at McNeese Cowboys87–135Final
Florida A&M Rattlers at UAB Blazers64–92Final
Jackson State Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs57–98Final
Southern New Orleans Knights at Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns39–56Final
SIU Edwardsville Cougars at Missouri Tigers58–96Final
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at LSU Tigers50–90Final
Fisk Bulldogs at Tennessee State Tigers73–123Final
Boston University Terriers at Northwestern Wildcats55–72Final
UL Monroe Warhawks at Texas A&M Aggies67–108Final
North Alabama Lions at Oklahoma Sooners72–81Final
Illinois State Redbirds at Purdue Boilermakers59–76Final
Seton Hall Pirates at Charlotte 49ers68–62Final
App State Mountaineers at Auburn Tigers53–75Final
Alabama A&M Bulldogs at DePaul Blue Demons47–84Final
UT Arlington Mavericks at Bethesda Flames116–65Final
Eastern Washington Eagles at Oregon State Beavers84–94Final
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils at Washington Huskies64–77Final
Rice Owls at Stanford Cardinal73–91Final
Portland Pilots at Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors73–66Final
  • Indiana held off Syracuse 83–80 at neutral-site Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Markus Burton scored twenty and Samet Yiğitoğlu collected ten rebounds. Syracuse’s Ryan Moesch had nineteen points and six assists.
  • Minnesota edged Cincinnati 63–61. Kyan Evans finished with 26 points, ten rebounds and five assists. Tylen Riley scored 25 for Cincinnati.
  • Purdue beat Illinois State 76–59. Daniel Jacobsen supplied twenty points, seven rebounds and three assists.
  • Seton Hall beat Charlotte 68–62. Roddie Anderson scored seventeen, Mihailo Petrovic supplied six assists and Elijah Fisher collected eight rebounds.

ISR analysis: Indiana’s three-point neutral-floor result and Minnesota’s two-point win offered different competitive evidence from larger opening-week margins. Retain the opponent and venue before carrying a record into the next matchup.

FBS and MLB — no-game status

No November 9 FBS or MLB games were listed. The covered action date is Eastern Time, including late games that completed after midnight.

Betting notebook: identified archived source lines

These comparisons use the DraftKings lines displayed by ESPN and retained in ISR’s November 9 package at 7:27 a.m. EST that day. They are dated source snapshots, not universal closing lines, market-movement claims, recommendations or ISR paid-pick results.

  • Buffalo covered -3 with its seventeen-point win; 29 combined points finished under 43.5.
  • The Lakers covered -1.5 with their ten-point win; 238 finished over 237.5.
  • Houston covered -8.5 with its ten-point win; 210 finished under 217.5.
  • Toronto did not cover -3.5 in its sixteen-point loss; 220 finished under 231.5.
  • Indiana did not cover -5.5 in its three-point win; 163 finished over 147.5.

Sources and completion check

Every game in the tables links to its ESPN box score. Highlights were checked against game summaries and player statistics. Additional official result checks: Vikings game center and Indiana’s Syracuse recap.

Full schedule checks: NFL, FBS, MLB, NBA and NCAA men’s basketball. All 59 games are complete; no result is pending or omitted.

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