Utah Jazz 101, LA Clippers 118 — Recap

January 1, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 101, LA Clippers 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 17-31 LAC; Q2 UTA 33-22 LAC; Q3 UTA 31-29 LAC; Q4 UTA 20-36 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 45 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 16-of-29 shooting; Kyle Anderson (UTA) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; James Harden (LAC) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-14 shooting; Brice Sensabaugh (UTA) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Cody Williams (UTA) 18 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

45 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 16-29 FG

Scoring · UTA

Kyle Anderson

22 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 8-10 FG

Scoring · UTA

Brice Sensabaugh

20 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Kyle Anderson · Season-high 22 pointsYanic Konan Niederhauser · Season-high 10 reboundsKawhi Leonard · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

UTA 4 largest lead Q3 3:51 (UTA 75, LAC 71) · 9-0 run, Q1 0:57–Q2 11:26

LAC 21 largest lead Q1 2:31 (UTA 7, LAC 28) · 16-0 run, Q1 11:14–Q1 7:17

Swings 8 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Kobe Sanders makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists) (Q4 8:22, UTA 90, LAC 93).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
UTA	17	33	31	20		101
LAC	31	22	29	36		118

🧮 How They Scored

UTALAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

51Bench points40

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%53.9%

16.5%Turnover %10.7%

18.4%Offensive rebound %36.4%

0.385Free-throw rate0.292

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Isaiah Collier G	37	16	6	10	0	1	5	6-9	1-3	3-5	-15
Kyle Anderson F	32	22	8	1	2	2	2	8-10	0-0	6-7	+7
Brice Sensabaugh F	32	20	3	3	2	0	5	7-15	0-5	6-8	-14
Walter Clayton Jr. G	30	9	2	3	1	0	0	2-6	1-3	4-4	-9
Kyle Filipowski C	28	4	6	1	0	1	4	2-13	0-5	0-0	-18
Cody Williams F	26	18	0	0	0	1	0	6-10	2-5	4-5	-10
Svi Mykhailiuk G	24	5	2	1	0	0	0	2-9	1-5	0-0	-13
Taylor Hendricks F	17	5	2	0	1	0	2	2-2	1-1	0-0	-10
Oscar Tshiebwe F-C	15	2	6	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-0	0-1	-3

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kawhi Leonard F	39	45	7	3	2	2	3	16-29	6-16	7-9	+8
James Harden G	29	20	3	7	0	0	1	5-14	1-6	9-11	+5
Nicolas Batum F-G	28	14	2	1	1	0	0	4-6	4-6	2-2	+11
Yanic Konan Niederhauser C	27	6	10	1	0	2	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	+18
Kobe Sanders G	24	10	4	3	1	0	2	4-7	2-5	0-0	+13
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	24	10	6	1	0	1	2	4-7	2-3	0-0	+11
Kris Dunn G	24	2	2	2	1	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-4
John Collins F-C	20	8	11	0	2	1	1	2-3	0-1	4-4	+12
Brook Lopez C	20	3	2	1	1	1	0	1-12	1-12	0-0	+2
Jordan Miller G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Cam Christie G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Kobe Brown F	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brice Sensabaugh	Starter	32	20	54.0	30.6	-24.4	11.4
Isaiah Collier	Starter	37	16	71.4	19.8	-20.0	15.7
Svi Mykhailiuk	Starter	24	5	27.8	16.7	-29.7	-0.6
Taylor Hendricks	Starter	17	5	125.0	12.1	-26.7	4.5
Kyle Filipowski	Starter	28	4	15.4	27.4	-28.1	-8.8
Kyle Anderson	Bench	32	22	84.1	19.0	+8.7	22.0
Cody Williams	Bench	26	18	73.8	19.4	-16.5	10.6
Walter Clayton Jr.	Bench	30	9	58.0	10.7	-14.1	8.6
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	15	2	22.5	10.8	-9.7	4.5
Kevin Love	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Airious Bailey	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	39	45	68.3	40.0	+11.6	27.5
James Harden	Starter	29	20	53.1	27.8	+8.3	16.3
John Collins	Starter	20	8	84.0	12.5	+31.2	25.9
Brook Lopez	Starter	20	3	12.5	26.7	+7.8	-8.3
Kris Dunn	Starter	24	2	25.0	8.9	-5.8	0.0
Nicolas Batum	Bench	28	14	101.7	10.1	+19.3	11.3
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	24	10	71.4	14.5	+22.0	9.1
Kobe Sanders	Bench	24	10	71.4	14.3	+24.5	10.0
Yanic Konan Niederhauser	Bench	27	6	42.9	11.4	+31.0	5.3
Kobe Brown	Bench	1	0	0.0	25.0	+75.0	-16.7
Jordan Miller	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+75.0	16.7
Cam Christie	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+75.0	0.0