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Saturday, January 24, 2026Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 8 after three quarters and won 116–110.

Final · Box score
Wizards115
Hornets119
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +4
Final · Box score
Knicks112
Sixers109
Q1 Knicks 0; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +3
Final · Box score
Cavs119
Magic105
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +14
Final · Box score
Celtics111
Bulls114
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
Lakers116
Mavs110
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL -8; Q4 LAL +6
Final · Box score
Heat147
Jazz116
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +31
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The lead · Lakers-Mavs

Luka Doncic scores 33 as Lakers win in Dallas

Donovan Mitchell goes for 36 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+13-8+6LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers37281437116
Mavs28243523110
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38, 32, 33LAL33 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 22, 31, 29, 20, 24, 19, 23, 17LAL17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Max ChristiePoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 11, 16, 10, 10, 22, 26, 21, 24DAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Naji MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 14, 22, 24, 22, 16, 19, 30, 21DAL21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Utah by 31, the widest margin of 6 games.

NYK over PHI3CHI over BOS3CHA over WAS4LAL over DAL6CLE over ORL14MIA over UTA31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Lead changes
Celtics-Bulls21
Wizards-Hornets10
Knicks-Sixers10
Cavs-Magic9
Lakers-Mavs8
Heat-Jazz1
Shot of the night

Huerter's three with 1 second left breaks the tie, 114-111 final

The night in charts
Heat-Jazz combined for 263, 29 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-JazzHeat 147, Jazz 116
263
Wizards-HornetsWizards 115, Hornets 119
234
Lakers-MavsLakers 116, Mavs 110
226
Celtics-BullsCeltics 111, Bulls 114
225
Cavs-MagicCavs 119, Magic 105
224
Knicks-SixersKnicks 112, Sixers 109
221
3 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Knicks-SixersKnicks 112, Sixers 109
+3 NYK
Celtics-BullsCeltics 111, Bulls 114
+3 CHI
Wizards-HornetsWizards 115, Hornets 119
+4 CHA
Lakers-MavsLakers 116, Mavs 110
+6 LAL
Cavs-MagicCavs 119, Magic 105
+14 CLE
Heat-JazzHeat 147, Jazz 116
+31 MIA
LAL rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-MavsLAL won · Lakers 116, Mavs 110
8 pts
Celtics-BullsCHI won · Celtics 111, Bulls 114
6 pts
Knicks-SixersNYK won · Knicks 112, Sixers 109
4 pts
Vucevic shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
VucevicCHI · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
OGNYK · 23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
LarssonMIA · 20 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
EmbiidPHI · 38 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 1 BLK
62% (13-21)
NurkicUTA · 17 PTS, 12 AST, 10 REB, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
Final · Knicks-Sixers
Knicks 112Sixers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks34263022112
Sixers34301332109
The story
Jalen Brunson's 31 points carried New York past Philadelphia, 112-109

For Philadelphia, Tyrese Maxey had 22 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB 31 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB · 11-24 FG, 6-12 3PT

The swing

The Knicks trailed by 4 going into the third, then won it 30-13.

NYK lead by quarter
200 0−4+13+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Bulls
Celtics 111Bulls 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics28302726111
Bulls30223626114
The story
Chicago beat Boston 114-111 behind 16 points from Nikola Vucevic

Derrick White paced Boston: 15 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST 16 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 7-10 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

A 36-27 third quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +2−6+3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jaylen Brown topped the game at 55.1 FPTS: 33 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST

Final · Lakers-Mavs
Lakers 116Mavs 110
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers37281437116
Mavs28243523110
The story
LeBron James had 17 points as Los Angeles beat Dallas 116-110

Naji Marshall led Dallas with 21 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 17 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 8-16 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Lakers took the fourth 37-23.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +9+13−8+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joel Embiid leads the day with 38

Joel EmbiidPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 28, 22, 27, 20, 33, 30, 32, 38Sixers-Knicks · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 28, 21, 35, 13, 19, 24, 33, 36Cavs-Magic · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38, 32, 33Lakers-Mavs · W
33.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Jaylen BrownPoints, last 10 games: 14, 33, 25, 27, 27, 41, 32, 30, 27, 33Celtics-Bulls · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jalen BrunsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 25, 26, 27, 26, 4, 22, 20, 31Knicks-Sixers · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 31, 28, 14, 30, 14, 23, 26, 16, 23, 27Magic-Cavs · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Peyton WatsonDEN+8.7 23.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+6.8 18.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+5.9 28.2 last 10 · 22.3 season
Sam HauserBOS+5.8 14.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−5.2 10.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Miles BridgesCHA−4.8 13.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.6 8.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Karl-Anthony TownsNYK−4.5 16.0 last 10 · 20.5 season
Harrison BarnesSAS−4.5 6.2 last 10 · 10.7 season