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Tuesday, January 20, 2026Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DEN by 14 at halftime and won 115–107.

Final
PHX116
PHI110
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +6
Final
LAC110
CHI138
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +28
Final
SAS106
HOU111
Q1 HOU -11; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU -10; Q4 HOU +5
Final
MIN122
UTA127
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -12; Q4 UTA +5
Final
LAL115
DEN107
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +8
Final
TOR145
GSW127
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +18
Final
MIA130
SAC117
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2024–25Jan 20, 2025: 8 games. Top scorer: CJ McCollum (NOP vs UTA), 45 points.
The lead · LAL @ DEN

Luka Doncic posts 38-13-10 as Lakers top Denver

A triple-double in a 115–107 win.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-14-2+8LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL28292929115
DEN37341719107
Who led
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38LAL38 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 30, 26, 22, 31, 29, 20, 24, 19LAL19 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 34, 27, 22, 35, 33, 42, 16, 28DEN28 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Aaron GordonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 1, 20, 12, 14, 23, 16, 22, 8, 18DEN18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · MIN @ UTA

Utah fights back late to top Minnesota

Minnesota led 96–84 after three. Utah won the fourth 43–26 and the game 127–122. Keyonte George led Utah with 43 points, 0 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · UTA vs MIN
Keyonte George · UTAAnthony Edwards · MINPTS4338REB08AST33Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs 2024–25 avg
Minutes per game
32.92024–25 avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 2024–25 (82 games). Today: 12 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Keyonte George leads the day with 43

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Keyonte GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 25, 19, 4, 32, 25, 17, 29, 30, 43UTA vs MIN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Jan 6, 2004: 43 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Career high43 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Immanuel QuickleyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 22, 15, 16, 21, 17, 20, 18, 9, 40TOR @ GSW · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +23.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIL, Mar 3, 2001: 40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Ties career high40 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Luka DoncicPoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 30, 38, 24, 42, 27, 39, 25, 38LAL @ DEN · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Jun 4, 1997: 38 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
38 PTS · 13 REB · 10 AST
Anthony EdwardsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 33, 35, 26, 25, 25, 23, 55, 38MIN @ UTA · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 34, 27, 22, 35, 33, 42, 16, 28DEN vs LAL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Julian ChampagniePoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 11, 12, 14, 13, 13, 7, 13, 27SAS @ HOU · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Peyton WatsonDEN+8.0 22.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Brice SensabaughUTA+7.5 19.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jusuf NurkicUTA+5.3 16.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Caleb LovePOR+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Trey Murphy IIINOP+4.7 26.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Kelly Oubre Jr.PHI−4.6 9.5 last 10 · 14.1 season
Rui HachimuraLAL−4.4 7.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
De'Aaron FoxSAS−4.2 16.0 last 10 · 20.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.1 23.0 last 10 · 27.1 season
Alperen SengunHOU−4.0 17.5 last 10 · 21.5 season