Utah Jazz @ LA Clippers
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, CA | Game ID: 22500475
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 31 22 29 36 118UTA 17 33 31 20 101
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Kawhi Leonard's 45 points with bloodied nose lead Clippers to 6th straight win, 118-101 over Jazz
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- — Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points, James Harden added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers recovered from blowing a 21-point lead to beat the Utah Jazz 118-101 on Thursday night, extending their winning streak to a season-best six games.
Leonard was the only Clippers starter on the floor for much of the fourth quarter. He singlehandedly matched Utah's points in the period (20), with blood on his nose from what appeared to be a scratch.
Los Angeles hit seven straight 3-pointers, with Leonard making four, to pull away. Nicolas Batum finished with 14 points and went 4 of 6 from 3-point range.
The Jazz rallied despite being without three starters. They were led by reserve Kyle Anderson with 22 points — his first 20-point game in nearly three years — and Brice Sensabaugh with 20. Anderson's eight rebounds were a season high. Cody Williams had 18 points, while Isaiah Collier added 16 points and 10 assists.
The game was tied six times in the third period, when Utah took its first lead.
The Clippers outscored Utah 28-7 to start the game. The Jazz missed their first six shots and had one rebound in the first six minutes.
Utah outscored the Clippers 33-22 in the second — when Leonard scored LA's first nine points — to trail 53-50 at halftime.
Utah played without Keyonte George (illness), Lauri Markkanen (knee) and Jusuf Nurkic (toe). The Jazz have dropped six of eight.
The Jazz had 58 points in the paint and their bench outscored the Clippers' reserves 51-40.
Up next Jazz: Visit the Golden State Warriors on Saturday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LACBL B. Lopez
DJ D. Jones Jr.
JC J. Collins
JH J. Harden
KB K. Brown
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KS K. Sanders
MI Miller
NB N. Batum
NI Niederhauser
YN Y. Niederhäuser
UTABS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
IC I. Collier
KA K. Anderson
KF K. Filipowski
OT O. Tshiebwe
SM S. Mykhailiuk
TH T. Hendricks
WC W. Clayton Jr.
LAC/UTA the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur