Golden State Warriors – Chicago Bulls · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 27 December 2020

GSW129–128CHI

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 98% of NBA games since 2017

· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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↑ CHI winsGSW wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Stephen Curry decided it, the Golden State Warriors player with the most points (36, with 2 rebounds and 6 assists; +3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Kevon Looney's (+12). 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 Chicago Bulls 128-129 Golden State Warriors (December 27, 2020) was hit by Damion Lee: a three-pointer with 2.3 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Golden State Warriors up 129-128. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Chicago Bulls 128-129 Golden State Warriors (December 27, 2020) was a 9-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the third quarter (from 10:19 to 7:52), from 59-62 to 68-62. The Golden State Warriors' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 4:15 to 3:15), from 73-83 to 81-83.

What were the keys of the last Chicago Bulls vs Golden State Warriors game?

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Play: Damion Lee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevon Looney assists).

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.

Damion Lee decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Lee 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.

27 December 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267198:747; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · GSW

Curry · Wiggins · Oubre · Looney · Lee

Closing lineup · CHI

White · LaVine · Carter · Satoransky · Hutchison

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GSW

Stephen Curry

36′ · +3

Andrew Wiggins

36′ · +2

Kelly Oubre Jr.

30′ · +9

James Wiseman

23′ · -4

Juan Toscano-Anderson

19′ · -2

Kevon Looney

17′ · +12

Mychal Mulder

11′ · 0

Jordan Poole

13′ · -10

Eric Paschall

19′ · -13

Damion Lee

21′ · +11

Brad Wanamaker

14′ · -3

CHI

Coby White

36′ · -7

Zach LaVine

35′ · -5

Wendell Carter Jr.

31′ · -4

Lauri Markkanen

29′ · +13

Patrick Williams

26′ · +6

Otto Porter Jr.

21′ · -2

Garrett Temple

19′ · -7

Tomas Satoransky

23′ · -3

Chandler Hutchison

19′ · +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. GSW and CHI.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

Oubre, Toscano-Anderson, Wiseman, Curry, and Wiggins played 14.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Lee, Paschall, Poole, Wanamaker, and Wiggins played 8.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Looney, Mulder, Paschall, Curry, and Wiggins played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Chicago Bulls

Markkanen, Carter, White, Williams, and LaVine played 11.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Markkanen, Hutchison, Temple, Satoransky, and Porter played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Markkanen, Hutchison, White, Satoransky, and Porter played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Golden State Warriors

Oubre, Looney, Lee, Curry, and Wiggins played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Oubre, Lee, Toscano-Anderson, Wiseman, and Curry played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Looney, Mulder, Paschall, Poole, and Curry played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Oubre, Paschall, Wiseman, Curry, and Wiggins played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Lee, Wiseman, Curry, and Wanamaker played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Looney, Lee, Poole, Wanamaker, and Wiggins played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Oubre, Looney, Mulder, Paschall, and Curry played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Looney, Mulder, Toscano-Anderson, and Curry played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Oubre, Lee, Wiseman, Wanamaker, and Wiggins played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Chicago Bulls

Markkanen, White, Williams, Temple, and LaVine played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Carter, White, Temple, Porter, and LaVine played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Carter, Hutchison, White, Williams, and LaVine played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Carter, Hutchison, White, Williams, and Satoransky played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Carter, Temple, Satoransky, Porter, and LaVine played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Carter, White, Satoransky, Porter, and LaVine played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Carter, Hutchison, Williams, Satoransky, and LaVine played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Markkanen, Temple, Satoransky, Porter, and LaVine played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Carter, White, Williams, Temple, and LaVine played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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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.

Zach LaVine covered 4.88 km, more than anyone in the game.

Stephen Curry touched the ball 104 times, a game high.
Stephen Curry made 66 passes, a game high.
Wendell Carter Jr. defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Wendell Carter Jr. had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Stephen Curry	4.67	7.1	104	66
Andrew Wiggins	4.54	6.9	53	35
Kelly Oubre Jr.	4.20	7.7	46	27
James Wiseman	2.86	7.1	27	17
Damion Lee	2.75	7.6	28	20
Juan Toscano-Anderson	2.59	7.4	41	38
Eric Paschall	2.56	7.4	39	27
Kevon Looney	2.08	6.7	31	25
Brad Wanamaker	1.85	7.2	34	28
Jordan Poole	1.66	7.0	21	13
Mychal Mulder	1.58	8.1	13	6

Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Zach LaVine	4.88	7.8	72	34
Coby White	4.59	7.2	75	49
Wendell Carter Jr.	3.89	6.9	64	46
Lauri Markkanen	3.70	7.0	40	22
Patrick Williams	3.41	7.2	27

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 2020-21 regular season, not this game.

Golden State Warriors

Kelly Oubre Jr. deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 23 of 364 in the league.
Andrew Wiggins contested 8.9 shots per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 29 of 364 in the league.
Stephen Curry recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 32 of 364 in the league.

Chicago Bulls

Wendell Carter Jr. defended 5.8 shots at the rim per game over his 54 games, and opponents made 12 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 4 of 143 in the league.
Coby White recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 38 of 364 in the league.
Lauri Markkanen contested 8.0 shots per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 50 of 364 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 Chicago Bulls have won 23 of their 57 games against the Golden State Warriors.

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Game context

Scoring

257

combined points

32.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

24 calls reviewed4 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:05.0

Kevon Looney → Wendell Carter Jr.

Looney (GSW) continues to re-establish himself in White's (CHI) path after initial contact and he delivers contact to White that affects his ability to defend.

Turnover: 5 Second Violation · 00:05.0

Warriors → Bulls

Lee (GSW) fails to inbound the ball within five seconds.

Foul: Personal · 00:34.4

Kelly Oubre → Zach LaVine

Oubre Jr. (GSW) moves into LaVine (CHI) and makes body contact that affects his SQBR.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 00:59.1

Kelly Oubre → Warriors

Oubre Jr. (GSW) is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.