FloaterDaily Brief
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
POR111
WAS115
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS -1; Q4 WAS +4
Final
SAC87
NYK103
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +16
Final
NOP95
OKC104
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +9
Final
MIL122
PHI139
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +17
Final
DET109
DEN107
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +2
Final
BKN102
PHX106
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +4
Final
LAC115
UTA103
Q1 LAC -11; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +12
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 27, 2025: 12 games. Top scorer: Anthony Davis (LAL @ CHA), 42 points.
The lead · LAC @ UTA

Clippers rally from 11 down to beat Utah

Trailing by 11 after one, Clippers outscored the Jazz 97–74 the rest of the way. Final: 115–103. Kawhi Leonard led Clippers with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-1+15+12LAC AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC18353626115
UTA29252029103
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 · POR @ WAS

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.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
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

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.
Michael Porter Jr.Points, last 10 games: 34, 18, 28, 20, 26, 23, 12, 30, 9, 36BKN @ PHX · 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, 34SAC @ NYK · 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, 32PHI vs MIL · 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, 31MIL @ PHI · 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, 31POR @ WAS · 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, 29WAS vs POR · 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

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+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