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Win probability changed during the game. · 29 October 2017

SAS94–97IND
Is it worth watching?
Recommended

It was more exciting than 75% of NBA games since 2017

  • · The win probability swung between the two teams 19 times
  • · It stayed close for almost the whole game

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.

↑ IND winsSAS wins ↓

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

Game context

Attendance
15.013
83.8% of capacity
Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis
Scoring
191
combined points
21.7 below the season average (212.7)