Oklahoma City Thunder – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 14 March 2019

OKC106–108IND

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It was more exciting than 64% of NBA games since 2017

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 winsOKC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Domantas Sabonis decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (26, with 7 rebounds and 4 assists; +14 with him on the floor). 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 108-106 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 14, 2019) was hit by Wesley Matthews: a putback with 1.8 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Indiana Pacers up 108-106. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 108-106 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 14, 2019) was a 8-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the fourth quarter (from 5:14 to 4:06), from 90-99 to 98-99. The Oklahoma City Thunder' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 10:20 to 9:00), from 34-29 to 42-29.

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Play: Wesley Matthews makes tip 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.

Wesley Matthews decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.8 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 Matthews 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.

14 March 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071693:656; 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.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Paul George deflected 3.8 passes per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 1 of 380 in the league.
Russell Westbrook recovered 1.8 loose balls per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 2 of 380 in the league.
Steven Adams contested 14.2 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 5 of 380 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Thaddeus Young deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 5 of 380 in the league.
Myles Turner contested 12.1 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 15 of 380 in the league.
Wesley Matthews drew 0.10 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 51 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 Indiana Pacers have won 22 of their 42 games against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

22-20record of the Indiana Pacers · NBA 2008-09 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2008-09 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.656

92.9% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

214

combined points

8.4 below the season average (222.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

18 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:07.0

Myles Turner → Paul George

Turner (IND) fails to establish a legal position and delivers contact to George (OKC) on the pick.