Charlotte Hornets – Brooklyn Nets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 26 December 2018

CHA132–134BKN

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 44 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.

↑ BKN winsCHA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Spencer Dinwiddie decided it, the Brooklyn Nets player with the most points (37, with 2 rebounds and 11 assists; +7 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Joe Harris's (+8). 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 Brooklyn Nets 134-132 Charlotte Hornets (December 26, 2018) was hit by Joe Harris: a layup with 3.4 s left in overtime 2, putting the Brooklyn Nets up 134-132. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Brooklyn Nets 134-132 Charlotte Hornets (December 26, 2018) was a 9-0 run by the Brooklyn Nets in the second quarter (from 2:06 to 1:10), from 44-48 to 53-48. The Charlotte Hornets' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 5:36 to 3:44), from 92-94 to 101-94.

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Play: Joe Harris makes 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.

Joe Harris decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.4 seconds left in overtime 2, 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 Harris 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.

26 December 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071181:828; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Charlotte Hornets

Kemba Walker drew 0.33 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 9 of 380 in the league.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist drew 0.13 charges per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 38 of 380 in the league.
Cody Zeller contested 9.4 shots per game over his 49 games.
He ranks 40 of 380 in the league.

Brooklyn Nets

Jarrett Allen contested 15.9 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 2 of 380 in the league.
Jared Dudley drew 0.12 charges per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 44 of 380 in the league.
D'Angelo Russell deflected 2.2 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 47 of 380 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 Brooklyn Nets have won 26 of their 49 games against the Charlotte Hornets.

26-23record of the Brooklyn Nets · NBA 2012-13 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2012-13 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

14.309

80.7% of capacity

Barclays Center · Brooklyn

Scoring

266

combined points

43.6 above the season average (222.4)