Washington Wizards – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 19 December 2016

WAS105–107IND

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There is no sufficient win-probability curve for this game, so it cannot be rated

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when IND leads and falls when WAS does.

This is how the game was decided.

Paul George decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (27, with 8 rebounds and 2 assists; 0 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was CJ Miles's (+11). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Indiana Pacers 107-105 Washington Wizards (December 19, 2016) was hit by Thaddeus Young: a jump shot with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Indiana Pacers up 107-105. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 107-105 Washington Wizards (December 19, 2016) was a 9-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the second quarter (from 7:35 to 3:46), from 40-47 to 49-47. The Washington Wizards' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 11:42 to 9:15), from 79-88 to 88-88.

What were the keys of the last Indiana Pacers vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Thaddeus Young makes 10-foot two point shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Thaddeus Young decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Young decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

19 December 2016 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400899855:529; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2016-17 regular season, not this game.

Washington Wizards

John Wall recovered 1.7 loose balls per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 1 of 371 in the league.
Marcin Gortat drew 0.20 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 16 of 371 in the league.
Bradley Beal recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 18 of 371 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Paul George recovered 1.4 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 8 of 371 in the league.
Myles Turner contested 11.9 shots per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 15 of 371 in the league.
Thaddeus Young deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 21 of 371 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Indiana Pacers have won 116 of their 208 games against the Washington Wizards.

116-92record of the Indiana Pacers · NBA 1976-77 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1976-77 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

17.686

98.7% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

212

combined points

0.8 above the season average (211.2)