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Tuesday, January 27, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed UTA by 11 after the first quarter and won 115–103.

Final · Box score
Blazers111
Wizards115
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +4
Final · Box score
Kings87
Knicks103
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 Knicks 0; Q4 NYK +16
Final · Box score
Pelicans95
Thunder104
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +9
Final · Box score
Bucks122
Sixers139
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +17
Final · Box score
Pistons109
Nuggets107
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +2
Final · Box score
Nets102
Suns106
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +4
Final · Box score
Clippers115
Jazz103
Q1 LAC -11; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +12
On this day · 2024–25Jan 27, 2025: 12 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (Lakers-Hornets), 42 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Jazz

Clippers rally from 11 down to beat Utah

Alexandre Sarr goes for 29 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-1+15+12LAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers18353626115
Jazz29252029103
Who led
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 25, 26, 26, 35, 33, 24, 28, 21LAC21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 32, 22, 31, 36, 24, 18, 19, 16LAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Airious BaileyPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 10, 15, 18, 8, 20, 25, 12, 20UTA20 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Lauri MarkkanenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 29, 22, 35, 22, 29, 33, 28, 19UTA19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Blazers-Wizards

Washington upsets Portland

Washington (10–34) beat Portland (23–24) 115–111. Alexandre Sarr led Washington with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over DEN2WAS over POR4PHX over BKN4OKC over NOP9LAC over UTA12NYK over SAC16PHI over MIL17Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over POR.
Lead changes
Blazers-Wizards19
Kings-Knicks7
Clippers-Jazz7
Nets-Suns4
Pistons-Nuggets1
Bucks-Sixers0
The night in charts
Bucks-Sixers combined for 261, 35 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-SixersBucks 122, Sixers 139
261
Blazers-WizardsBlazers 111, Wizards 115
226
Clippers-JazzClippers 115, Jazz 103
218
Pistons-NuggetsPistons 109, Nuggets 107
216
Nets-SunsNets 102, Suns 106
208
Pelicans-ThunderPelicans 95, Thunder 104
199
Kings-KnicksKings 87, Knicks 103
190
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pistons-NuggetsPistons 109, Nuggets 107
+2 DET
Blazers-WizardsBlazers 111, Wizards 115
+4 WAS
Nets-SunsNets 102, Suns 106
+4 PHX
Pelicans-ThunderPelicans 95, Thunder 104
+9 OKC
Clippers-JazzClippers 115, Jazz 103
+12 LAC
Kings-KnicksKings 87, Knicks 103
+16 NYK
Bucks-SixersBucks 122, Sixers 139
+17 PHI
LAC erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-JazzLAC won · Clippers 115, Jazz 103
11 pts
Blazers-WizardsWAS won · Blazers 111, Wizards 115
2 pts
Nets-SunsPHX won · Nets 102, Suns 106
1 pt
Mark Williams shot 13-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Mark WilliamsPHX · 27 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
81% (13-16)
ZionNOP · 21 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
Bruce BrownDEN · 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
70% (7-10)
Tobias HarrisDET · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
67% (10-15)
Grayson AllenPHX · 18 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
Final · Pistons-Nuggets
Pistons 109Nuggets 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons31213027109
Nuggets18282635107
The story
Cade Cunningham had 22 points and 11 assists as Detroit beat Denver 109-107

Jonas Valanciunas led Denver with 16 PTS, 16 REB 22 PTS, 11 AST, 3 REB · 9-17 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

The Pistons won the first 31-18, their biggest quarter edge.

DET lead by quarter
200 +13+6+10+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jamal Murray led the game in fantasy with 46.0 FPTS (24 PTS, 10 AST, 5 REB)

Final · Blazers-Wizards
Blazers 111Wizards 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers28253424111
Wizards26342629115
The story
KyShawn George's 19 points carried Washington past Portland, 115-111

For Portland, Shaedon Sharpe had 31 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 5-16 FG, 4-10 3PT

The swing

The Wizards trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 34-25.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −2+7−1+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Jazz
Clippers 115Jazz 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers18353626115
Jazz29252029103
The story
LA beat Utah 115-103 behind 16 points and 10 assists from James Harden

Lauri Markkanen paced Utah: 19 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 10 AST, 4 STL, 3 REB · 5-14 FG, 3-8 3PT

The swing

A 36-20 third quarter erased a 1-point hole for the Clippers.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −11−1+15+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.1Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 42 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Porter Jr. leads the day with 36

Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 34, 18, 28, 20, 26, 23, 12, 30, 9, 36Nets-Suns · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 27, 17, 14, 23, 9, 20, 16, 34Kings-Knicks · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 23, 18, 15, 17, 14, 10, 9, 32Sixers-Bucks · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Myles TurnerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 1, 15, 13, 8, 16, 5, 14, 17, 31Bucks-Sixers · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shaedon SharpePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 19, 24, 25, 27, 27, 21, 9, 31Blazers-Wizards · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Alexandre SarrPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 19, 4, 19, 16, 28, 15, 24, 29Wizards-Blazers · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Peyton WatsonDEN+7.7 22.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.3 19.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+6.3 17.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Sam HauserBOS+5.9 15.1 last 10 · 9.2 season
Naji MarshallDAL+5.3 20.0 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
Cam ThomasBKN−6.0 9.9 last 10 · 15.9 season
Vit KrejciATL−5.2 3.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Tyrese MaxeyPHI−5.0 24.2 last 10 · 29.2 season
Miles BridgesCHA−4.8 13.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Quentin GrimesPHI−4.8 8.5 last 10 · 13.3 season