Detroit Pistons – New Orleans Pelicans · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 9 December 2019

DET105–103NOP

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 83% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· 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.

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

This is how the game was decided.

Derrick Rose decided it, the Detroit Pistons player with the most points (21, with 2 rebounds and 7 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Langston Galloway'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 New Orleans Pelicans 103-105 Detroit Pistons (December 9, 2019) was hit by Derrick Rose: a jump shot with 0.8 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Detroit Pistons up 105-103. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of New Orleans Pelicans 103-105 Detroit Pistons (December 9, 2019) was a 8-0 run by the Detroit Pistons between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 20-29 to 28-29. The New Orleans Pelicans' best was a 6-0 run in the first quarter (from 10:53 to 10:04), from 0-2 to 6-2.

What were the keys of the last New Orleans Pelicans vs Detroit Pistons game?

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Play: Derrick Rose makes 14-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.

Derrick Rose decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Rose 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.

9 December 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401160990:681; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DET

Griffin · Brown · Drummond · Galloway · Maker

Closing lineup · NOP

Ingram · Redick · Hayes · Ball · Hart

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DET

Blake Griffin

34′ · +2

Bruce Brown

26′ · -2

Luke Kennard

25′ · +4

Andre Drummond

25′ · +2

Tony Snell

24′ · -3

Langston Galloway

21′ · +8

Derrick Rose

28′ · +2

Christian Wood

15′ · +2

Svi Mykhailiuk

20′ · -3

Markieff Morris

19′ · -1

Thon Maker

3′ · -1

NOP

Brandon Ingram

37′ · -2

Jrue Holiday

35′ · -1

Kenrich Williams

32′ · -2

Jahlil Okafor

22′ · 0

JJ Redick

21′ · -2

Jaxson Hayes

21′ · -6

Lonzo Ball

30′ · -3

Josh Hart

30′ · +6

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

6′ · -4

Nicolo Melli

5′ · +4

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. DET and NOP.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Detroit Pistons

Kennard, Brown, Griffin, Drummond, and Snell played 13.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wood, Mykhailiuk, Rose, Morris, and Galloway played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wood, Brown, Mykhailiuk, Rose, and Griffin played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

New Orleans Pelicans

Okafor, Ingram, Williams, Redick, and Holiday played 8.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Okafor, Ingram, Ball, Hart, and Holiday played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Okafor, Ball, Hart, Williams, and Holiday played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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Detroit Pistons

Maker, Mykhailiuk, Rose, Morris, and Galloway played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Griffin, Morris, Snell, and Galloway played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Kennard, Brown, Rose, Griffin, and Drummond played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Wood, Mykhailiuk, Rose, Griffin, and Galloway played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Kennard, Rose, Griffin, Drummond, and Galloway played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Wood, Kennard, Mykhailiuk, Rose, and Morris played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Brown, Mykhailiuk, Griffin, Morris, and Snell played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Kennard, Rose, Griffin, Drummond, and Snell played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

New Orleans Pelicans

Ingram, Ball, Hart, Williams, and Hayes played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Ingram, Williams, Hayes, Redick, and Holiday played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Ingram, Hart, Williams, Melli, and Redick played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Ball, Hart, Hayes, Alexander-Walker, and Holiday played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Ingram, Ball, Hart, Hayes, and Holiday played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Ingram, Ball, Williams, Hayes, and Redick played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Ingram, Williams, Melli, Redick, and Holiday played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Ingram, Ball, Hart, Hayes, and Alexander-Walker played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Okafor, Ball, Hart, Alexander-Walker, and Holiday played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Brandon Ingram covered 4.46 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jrue Holiday touched the ball 89 times, a game high.
Jrue Holiday made 60 passes, a game high.
Andre Drummond had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Detroit Pistons

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Derrick Rose	3.52	7.0	76	52
Blake Griffin	3.48	5.7	65	44
Bruce Brown	3.30	7.1	50	36
Luke Kennard	3.20	7.2	39	24
Tony Snell	2.85	6.8	25	20
Svi Mykhailiuk	2.70	7.6	17	12
Andre Drummond	2.67	6.1	40	26
Langston Galloway	2.56	6.9	25	11
Markieff Morris	2.22	6.6	28	18
Christian Wood	2.03	7.4	31	24
Thon Maker	0.39	7.2	2	2

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Brandon Ingram	4.46	6.8	78	49
Jrue Holiday	4.36	7.0	89	60
Kenrich Williams	4.09	7.1	47	39
Josh Hart	3.65	6.7	51	34
Lonzo Ball	3.56	6.7	59

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Detroit Pistons

Andre Drummond deflected 3.5 passes per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 5 of 352 in the league.
Bruce Brown deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 38 of 352 in the league.
Christian Wood contested 9.3 shots per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 41 of 352 in the league.

New Orleans Pelicans

Jrue Holiday deflected 4.0 passes per game over his 61 games.
He ranks 2 of 352 in the league.
JJ Redick drew 0.24 charges per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 10 of 352 in the league.
Lonzo Ball deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 17 of 352 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 New Orleans Pelicans have won 18 of their 26 games against the Detroit Pistons.

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Game context

Attendance

13.694

81.2% of capacity

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans

Scoring

208

combined points

15.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

12 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors