Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Clippers Final Score & Over/Under Result — Jan 1, 2026

The market opened at 230.5, but Utah and Los Angeles never threatened to reach it. The combined total of 219 settled 11.5 points under the number, with the first half painting the clearest picture of restraint: 103 combined points across the opening 24 minutes meant the under was already tracking well. The third quarter offered the game's closest brush with pace, combining for 60 points, but the fourth-quarter slowdown—just 56 combined—sealed the outcome. DAGGER leaned under, and it cashed.

The Clippers' defense was the story. Los Angeles held Utah to 17 in the opening quarter and again to 20 in the fourth, bookending the Jazz's offensive ceiling. Kyle Anderson led Utah's effort with 22 points and 8 rebounds, while Brice Sensabaugh added 20 points and Cody Williams chipped in 18. But Los Angeles's balanced assault—Kawhi Leonard's 45 points, James Harden's 20 with 7 assists, and Nicolas Batum's 14—was simply too efficient. The Clippers outscored Utah 118–101 in a game that defied its pregame projection.

This meeting stood in sharp contrast to the teams' last head-to-head on October 22, when Utah won 129–108 with a combined total of 237. That context made the under call prescient: after Utah's recent 10-game stretch featured 125.0 scored but 130.5 allowed per game, and with the Clippers holding opponents to just 106.2, the number had little margin for error.