LA Clippers 111, New York Knicks 123 — Recap

January 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): LA Clippers 111, New York Knicks 123. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAC 31-27 NYK; Q2 LAC 25-24 NYK; Q3 LAC 31-39 NYK; Q4 LAC 24-33 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Ivica Zubac (LAC) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 11-of-14 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists on 6-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

26 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

25 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · LAC

James Harden

23 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 6-17 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

LAC 9 largest lead Q1 8:10 (LAC 14, NYK 5) · 7-0 run, Q1 11:14–Q1 9:40

NYK 15 largest lead Q4 4:47 (LAC 100, NYK 115) · 8-0 run, Q1 7:54–Q1 6:55

Swings 11 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Jordan Clarkson makes free throw 1 of 1 (Q3 0:53, LAC 87, NYK 88).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
LAC	31	25	31	24		111
NYK	27	24	39	33		123

🧮 How They Scored

LACNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

16Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.6%Effective FG%57.4%

9.1%Turnover %9.0%

31.9%Offensive rebound %39.0%

0.207Free-throw rate0.181

Box Score

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	38	23	3	9	1	0	3	6-17	4-7	7-7	-5
Kawhi Leonard F	36	25	3	4	3	0	3	10-20	3-7	2-3	-14
John Collins F-C	33	18	10	0	1	0	1	7-9	3-5	1-1	-7
Kris Dunn G	32	7	4	1	0	0	1	2-9	1-6	2-2	-4
Ivica Zubac C	30	22	11	2	0	2	1	11-14	0-0	0-0	-10
Nicolas Batum F-G	18	3	1	1	1	1	1	1-5	1-5	0-0	-5
Kobe Sanders G	17	0	1	3	1	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-8
Brook Lopez C	16	6	0	0	0	1	0	2-8	2-8	0-0	-3
Jordan Miller G	15	6	5	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	3-4	-7
Yanic Konan Niederhauser C	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	1-2	+1
Cam Christie G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Kobe Brown F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles McBride G	34	16	1	4	1	1	0	6-15	4-11	0-0	-1
Jalen Brunson G	33	26	3	7	0	1	2	9-12	4-5	4-4	-6
Mikal Bridges F	33	15	9	5	1	1	1	7-14	1-3	0-0	+10
OG Anunoby F	32	20	3	0	1	0	2	8-10	2-3	2-2	+7
Karl-Anthony Towns C	31	20	11	7	1	1	2	6-18	0-4	8-10	+16
Mitchell Robinson C	25	4	9	1	0	2	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	+14
Jordan Clarkson G	21	12	3	2	1	0	1	5-9	1-3	1-1	+2
Tyler Kolek G	14	2	4	5	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	+18
Guerschon Yabusele F	13	8	2	0	0	0	0	3-6	2-2	0-0	+1
Mohamed Diawara F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Pacome Dadiet F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ariel Hukporti C	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	36	25	58.6	28.6	-18.0	11.4
James Harden	Starter	38	23	57.3	26.7	-3.2	10.9
Ivica Zubac	Starter	30	22	78.6	20.3	-18.7	15.1
John Collins	Starter	33	18	95.3	13.2	-8.9	12.0
Kris Dunn	Starter	32	7	35.4	15.1	-4.3	1.2
Brook Lopez	Bench	16	6	37.5	24.2	-5.9	0.7
Jordan Miller	Bench	15	6	52.1	17.1	-16.0	14.8
Nicolas Batum	Bench	18	3	30.0	15.0	-7.6	0.7
Yanic Konan Niederhauser	Bench	02	1	17.4	60.0	+33.3	16.7
Kobe Brown	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	+33.3	33.3
Kobe Sanders	Bench	17	0	0.0	7.5	-19.7	0.8

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	33	26	94.5	21.1	-9.5	17.2
OG Anunoby	Starter	32	20	91.9	15.0	+2.7	10.7
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	31	20	44.6	30.4	+23.3	15.0
Miles McBride	Starter	34	16	53.3	18.3	-5.4	5.7
Mikal Bridges	Starter	33	15	53.6	18.8	+13.6	14.3
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	21	12	63.6	19.2	-3.0	12.5
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	13	8	66.7	18.8	-7.1	9.3
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	25	4	40.0	8.1	+19.0	7.6
Tyler Kolek	Bench	14	2	25.0	15.0	+56.0	6.7
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-33.3
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-50.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	02	0	0.0	16.7	-25.0	66.7