Sacramento Kings – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 6 April 2018

SAC94–93MEM

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It was more exciting than 76% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 28 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.

↑ MEM winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Willie Cauley-Stein decided it, the Sacramento Kings player with the most points (18, with 8 rebounds and 3 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was JaKarr Sampson'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 Memphis Grizzlies 93-94 Sacramento Kings (April 6, 2018) was hit by Bogdan Bogdanović: a jump shot with 1.5 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Sacramento Kings up 94-93. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 93-94 Sacramento Kings (April 6, 2018) was a 10-0 run by the Memphis Grizzlies between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 18-25 to 28-25. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 7:23 to 5:34), from 49-54 to 58-54.

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Play: Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 16-foot pullup jump 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.

Bogdan Bogdanović decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Bogdanović 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.

6 April 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400975934:620; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2017-18 regular season, not this game.

Sacramento Kings

Willie Cauley-Stein contested 9.3 shots per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 37 of 362 in the league.
Bogdan Bogdanović deflected 2.1 passes per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 50 of 362 in the league.
Buddy Hield recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 57 of 362 in the league.

Memphis Grizzlies

Kobi Simmons drew 0.20 charges per game over his 30 games.
He ranks 22 of 362 in the league.
Mario Chalmers drew 0.20 charges per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 22 of 362 in the league.
Dillon Brooks contested 7.6 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 81 of 362 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 Memphis Grizzlies have won 48 of their 89 games against the Sacramento Kings.

48-41record of the Memphis Grizzlies · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.527

92.9% of capacity

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Scoring

187

combined points

25.7 below the season average (212.7)