Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler The club announced on its official pages that he would miss the rest of the season.

Butler was diagnosed with a cruciate ligament injury in his right knee that would require surgery.

Jimmy left the game with 7:41 left in the third quarter in a game against the Miami Heat, collapsing after making an errant landing following a pass and clutching his right knee in pain. The star striker was immediately removed from the field.

Before his injury, Butler managed 17 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in 21 minutes.

He averaged 20 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game in 38 games this season.

The Warriors currently sit eighth in the Western Conference with a 25-20 record.

Jimmy Butler III will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season due to a torn right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).

Jimmy will undergo surgery at a date to be determined. pic.twitter.com/UB7K7MmNoV

— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) January 20, 2026

Jimmy Butler left Warriors game with apparent knee injury

I hope it’s okay 🙏 pic.twitter.com/z5zQzogIYs

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 20, 2026

Seven games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of January 20-21.

Utah beat Minnesota at home.

The match was equal and tense, the lead changed 17 times and the maximum advantage of one of the teams did not exceed 15 points. That’s exactly the Timberwolves’ mileage at the end of the third quarter: 94:79, and they were +12 – 96:84 before the final 12 minutes. However, Jazz quickly closed the gap and took the lead with 105:104. And this moment became a turning point, because then “Utah” broke away with a difference of +8 – 121:113 and took the match to victory 127:122.

Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk The player, who was in the top 5 of the Jazz and played 17 minutes, recorded 4 points (2/2 free throws, 1/1 two-point field goal, 0/1 three-point field goal), 3 rebounds and 1 steal.

The most productive player of the match was George, who scored 43 points for the home team, Nurkic had a triple-double with 16 points + 18 rebounds + 10 assists, and Collier had a double-double with 18 points + 10 assists.

Denver lost at home to the Lakers.

The Nuggets played the first half well and took the lead by 14 points 71:57 before the big break. However, in the fourth quarter, they missed the opponent’s 13:0 move and reduced the difference to three points, 80:77. Then the game was balanced and the key to the match was the Lakers’ 16:0 attack in the middle of the fourth quarter, then the score became 108:96 and the away team calmly took the victory – 115:107.

Doncic recorded a triple-double for the Lakers with 38 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. LeBron was very close to this, scoring 19 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

NBA. Regular season, January 21

Philadelphia – Phoenix – 110:116 (30:27, 23:30, 31:40, 26:19)

Philadelphia: Edgecombe (25 + 7 rebounds), Oubre (21), Maxey (20 + 7 assists), Barlow (8), Drummond (8 + 15 rebounds) – start; Grimes (12), Bona (11 + 10 rebounds), Edwards (5), Walker (0), Watford (0).

Phoenix: Booker (27 + 6 losses), Gillespie (12), O’Neal (9), Brooks (6), Williams (4 + 9 rebounds + 5 losses) – start; Allen (16 + 6 assists), Goodwin (16), Green (12), Ighodaro (12), Dunn (2).

Houston-San Antonio-111:106 (28:39, 32:31, 22:22, 29:14)

Houston: Shengyun (20 + 13 rebounds + 9 assists), Durant (18 + 7 assists), Smith (17), Thompson (16 + 10 rebounds + 6 assists), Okogie (5) – start; Sheppard (21), Capela (6), Eason (6), Finney-Smith (2).

San Antonio: Shempeni (27 + 8 rebounds), Fox (14), Vembanyama (14 + 10 rebounds), Castle (13 + 7 rebounds + 8 assists), Barnes (6) – start; K. Johnson (12), Harper (8), Cornet (8), Brian (4).

Chicago – Clippers – 138:110 (25:30, 45:19, 32:34, 36:27)

Chicago: White (27 + 6 assists), Buzelis (21), Vucevic (19 + 8 rebounds), Smith (10 + 9 rebounds), Okoro (2) – start; Dosunmu (18), Jones (15 + 8 rebounds + 10 assists), Herter (14 + 7 assists), Terry (9), Carter (3), Phillips (0), Olbrich (0).

cutting machines: Harden (24 + 6 assists + 6 losses), Collins (23), Zubac (12 + 11 rebounds), Senders (8), Dunn (4 + 6 assists) – start; Miller (12), Washington (11), Christie (7), Niederheuser (4), Brown (3), Baldwin (2), B. Lopez (0), Batum (0).

Utah-Minnesota-127:122 (29:34, 30:24, 25:38, 43:26)

Utah: George (43 + 6 losses), Bailey (20), Nurkic (16 + 18 rebounds + 10 assists), Williams (8), Mikhailyuk (4) – starts; Collier (18 + 10 assists), Filipovski (11 + 8 rebounds), Clayton (5), Anderson (2).

Minnesota: Edwards (38 + 8 rebounds), Randle (19), McDaniels (18 + 6 assists + 5 turnovers), DiVincenzo (15 + 8 assists), Gobert (11 + 10 rebounds + 4 blocks) – start; Reed (13 + 9 rebounds), Clark (4), Beranger (4), Hyland (0), Conley (0).

Golden State – Toronto – 127:145 (28:41, 22:29, 44:38, 33:37)

Golden State: Curry (16), Post (12 + 7 rebounds), Podziemski (11), Moody (10), Dr. Green (6) – start; Hield (25), Kuminga (20), Payton II (9), Spencer (9), Melton (6 + 5 turnovers), Santos (3), Leons (0), Jackson-Davis (0), Richard (0), Kreyer (0).

toronto: Quickley (40 + 10 assists), Barnes (26 + 7 rebounds + 11 assists), Ingram (22), Shead (10 + 8 assists), Dick (10) – start; Mamukelashvili (14 + 12 rebounds), Bettle (9), Lawson (6), Agbadji (4), Mobo (2), Martin (2), Temple (0).

Denver-Lakers-107:115 (37:28, 34:29, 17:29, 19:29)

Denver: J. Murray (28 + 11 assists), Watson (18), Gordon (18), Jones (16), Pickett (7) – start; Hardaway (10), Nnaji (6), B. Brown (4).

Lakers: Doncic (38 + 13 rebounds + 10 assists), James (19 + 9 rebounds + 8 assists + 6 turnovers), Smart (15), Larevia (7), Ayton (4 + 8 rebounds) – start; Hayes (9), Timmy (9), Hachimura (9), Vincent (5), Vanderbilt (0).

Sacramento – Miami – 117:130 (25:32, 39:45, 25:23, 28:30)

sacramento: DeRozan (23), Westbrook (22 + 7 assists + 6 turnovers), LaVine (18), Reynaud (7 + 8 rebounds), Achiuwa (6) – start; Monk (18), Clifford (9), Sabonis (6 + 10 rebounds), Schroeder (4), Cardwell (4 + 12 rebounds).

Miami: Adebayo (25 + 7 rebounds), Powell (22), Wiggins (19), Larsson (16 + 9 assists), Mitchell (6 + 7 assists) – start; Fontecchio (15 + 7 rebounds), Jaques (13 + 9 rebounds), Jovic (8), Gardner (5), Yakucionis (1).

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In the 23rd round of the Euroleague regular championship, nine matches were played simultaneously on Tuesday, January 20.

Real Madrid defeated Milan at home.

Los Blancos took the lead for the first time, making the score 7:6. After that they gradually increased their advantage and won all the quarters. As a result, Real won with a score of 106:77.

Host’s Ukrainian headquarters Alexey Len He stayed on the field for 12 minutes and made 8 points (4/6 free throws, 2/2 two-point shots), 5 rebounds and 2 assists during this time.

Monaco suffered a sensational home defeat against Red Star.

Serbians started the match better and won the first quarter with a score of 27:21. Increasing the advantage to 18 points in the second 10 minutes (47:29), the guest team entered the long break with -6 – 44:50 on the scoreboard, with Monaco’s move at 15:3. Taking the lead at the end of the third quarter, the home team took a +3 – 71:68 lead before the last quarter. In the fourth 10-minute period, Monaco took the lead by 10 points (87:77), but Zvezda responded with an attack at 13:3 and equalized the score 9 seconds before the siren, thanks to Butler’s two-point basket at 90:90. In extra time, the guest team quickly reached +6 – 98:92 and did not miss this advantage – 100:96.

Izunda recorded a double-double in the winners with 22 points + 12 rebounds.

Europa League. Regular season. 23rd round, January 20

Olympiakos – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 100:93 (27:20, 31:10, 18:28, 24:31)

Olympiacos: Vezenkov (28 points + 6 rebounds + 1 assist), Milutinov (13+9 rebounds), Fournier (12+1+9), Walkup (10+1+5), Peters (9+4+1), Ward (8+3+1), Dorsey (7+2+5), Hall (7+4 rebounds), Jones (6+3+1), Ntilikina (1 rebound + 3 assists), Papanikolaou (1 rebound + 3) assist).

maccabi: Sorkin (21+4+2), Dautin (15+2+1), Brissett (11+3+4), Gordy (11+6+3), Lundberg (10+2+7), Clark (9+4 assists), Blatt (6+2+4), Santos (5+1 rebounds), Ryman (3+2 rebounds), Leaf (2+2+1).

Hapoel Tel Aviv – Anadolu Efes – 71:66 (14:19, 19:24, 17:10, 21:13)

Hapoel: Jones (16+4 rebounds), Wainwright (13+4+2), Bryant (12+6+3), Malcolm (8+4+2), Oturu (8+10+1), Blakeney (6+2 rebounds), Micic (3+1+2), Madar (2+2 rebounds), Odiase (2+2 rebounds), Motley (1+2 rebounds).

Handle: Lee (20+4+3), Dozer (15+4+3), Osmani (10+7 rebounds), Weiler-Babb (6+2+2), Cordinier (5+4+3), Beaubois (3), Smits (3+3 rebounds), Desser (2+2+1), Jones (2+6 rebounds).

Monaco – Red Star Zvezda – 96:100 Overtime (21:27, 23:23, 27:18, 19:22, 6:10)

Monaco: Diallo (19+6+2), James (14+3+7), Blossomgame (13+5+1), Okobo (13+1+7), Mirotic (10+2 rebounds), Strazel (8+1+4), Hayes (8+5+1), Theis (6+8+1), Nedovic (5+3 rebounds).

Star: Izundu (22+12+1), Nwora (18+6+3), Ojeleye (16+4 rebounds), Moteyunas (9+2+1), Miller-McIntyre (8+6+11), Moneke (8+7+5), Butler (7+5+2), Dobrich (5+4 rebounds), Kalinic (5+2+3), Iago (2+3 assists).

ASVEL – Zalgiris – 77:96 (18:23, 23:22, 14:30, 22:21)

ASVEL: Yurtel (21+2+6), Jackson (13+1+2), Massa (8+6 rebounds), Seljaas (7+1+1), Traore (7), Ajins (6+2 rebounds), Ndiaye (5+2 rebounds), Harrison (4+2+3), Voutier (2+2+1), Eboua (2+3 rebounds), Lighty (2+2+1).

Zalgiris: Francisco (20+6+4), Wright (18+7+2), Tubelis (14+4+1), Lo (9+4+3), Sol (9+3 rebounds), Brazdeikis (6+1 assists), Giedraitis (5+3+3), Rubstavicius (5), Butkevicius (4+2+4), Birutis (3), Ulanovas (3+2 rebounds).

Panathinaikos – Baskonia – 93:74 (26:14, 22:17, 25:23, 20:20)

Panathinaikos: Toliopoulos (21+5 assists), Sloukas (15+1+5), Holmes (12+6+2), Samodurov (11+3 rebounds), Grant (8+1+4), Farid (8+6 rebounds), Osman (7+2+2), Hernangomez (6+5 rebounds), Kalaitsakis (5+1 rebounds).

Baskonia: Luwawu-Cabarrot (17+5+3), Simmons (15+6 rebounds), Koruchs (12+4+1), Diop (9+10 rebounds), Spagnuolo (6+1+1), Diakate (5+1+1), Forrest (4+4+5), Frisch (3+1 rebounds), Radzevicius (2+1+1), Omoruyi (1+3 rebounds).

Bayern – Partizan – 63:67 (7:18, 25:16, 18:16, 13:17)

Bavaria: Gabriel (13+4+1), Jessup (12+3+4), Dimitrijevic (10+2+2), McCormack (9), Gollatz (7+3+5), Lucic (6+4+2), Ratan-Mays (4+3 rebounds), Mike (2+3 rebounds), Voigtmann (3 rebounds + 2 assists).

Partisan: Payne (16+4+4), Brown (11+3 rebounds), Fernando (8+1+1), Jekiri (8+8+2), Calathes (8+3+4), Bonga (7+6+2), Osetkovski (6+7+1), Lakic (3+1 assists), Pokusevski (2 rebounds).

Barcelona – Dubai – 91:89 (18:22, 31:19, 30:26, 12:22)

barcelona: Brizuela (25+2+4), Panther (20+3+3), Shengelia (11+3+2), Parra (10+6 rebounds), Vesely (8+1+1), Laprovittola (6+1+4), Satoransky (5+3+5), Hernangomez (4+4+1), Norris (2+3+2).

dubai: Wright (29+2+5), Kabangele (13+4+1), Petrushev (12+3+3), Avramovich (10+2+1), Bacon (7+2+5), Abass (5), Musa (5+1 rebounds), Prepelich (5+3+2), Anderson (2+2+1), Kamenyas (1+2+3).

Valencia – Paris – 98:84 (27:16, 23:26, 20:11, 28:31)

Valencia: Taylor (28+6+1), Sako (12+9+1), Costello (9+5+1), Montero (9+1+8), Badio (8+1+2), Moore (7+2 assists), Pradilla (7+2+5), Rivers (6+5 rebounds), Key (5+4+2), De Larrea (4+2 rebounds), Thompson (3+1+4), Puerto (2 assists + 2 rebounds).

Paris: Robinson (14+2+9), Morgan (12+2 rebounds), Rodin (9+3 rebounds), Stevens (8+4 rebounds), Heaphy (8+1+4), Dokossi (7+6+2), M’Baye (7+1+1), Herrera (6+1 rebounds), Ouattara (4+2 assists), Charvin (4+3 rebounds), Faye (3+2+1), Cavalier (2+6 rebounds).

Real Madrid – Milan – 106:77 (30:23, 24:13, 24:19, 28:22)

Real: Lyles (17+4+2), Hezonja (13+3+2), Kramer (12+2 assists), Feliz (11+1+1), Abalde (10+1+2), Tavares (10+4+1), Maledon (9+5+7), Len (8+5+2), Campazzo (7+4 assists), Okeke (5+4+1), Garuba (4+5+1).

Milan: Guduric (15+2+2), Brooks (10+4+2), Liday (9+1 rebounds), Ellis (8+2+1), Shields (8+1 assists), Booker (6+3 rebounds), Mannion (6+1 assists), Ricci (6+1+1), Brown (4+3 assists), Nibo (4+4+1), Dunston (1+1 rebounds).