Golden State Warriors – Charlotte Hornets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 20 February 2021

GSW100–102CHA

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 91% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 21 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.

↑ CHA winsGSW wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Terry Rozier decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (36, with 3 rebounds and 4 assists; +8 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 Charlotte Hornets 102-100 Golden State Warriors (February 20, 2021) was hit by Terry Rozier: a jump shot with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 102-100. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Charlotte Hornets 102-100 Golden State Warriors (February 20, 2021) was a 12-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the third quarter (from 7:52 to 5:13), from 50-56 to 62-56. The Golden State Warriors' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 7:19 to 5:19), from 80-79 to 89-79.

What were the keys of the last Charlotte Hornets vs Golden State Warriors game?

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Play: Terry Rozier makes 20-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.

Terry Rozier decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Rozier 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.

20 February 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267619:625; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · GSW

Oubre · Wiggins · Toscano-Anderson · Wanamaker · Paschall

Closing lineup · CHA

Rozier · Hayward · Washington · Ball · Bridges

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GSW

Kelly Oubre Jr.

37′ · -7

Andrew Wiggins

33′ · -5

Draymond Green

32′ · -5

Mychal Mulder

16′ · -22

Juan Toscano-Anderson

15′ · -16

Kent Bazemore

22′ · +10

Brad Wanamaker

34′ · +15

Damion Lee

23′ · +16

Eric Paschall

29′ · +4

CHA

Terry Rozier

39′ · +8

Gordon Hayward

33′ · +1

P.J. Washington

32′ · +4

LaMelo Ball

32′ · -3

Cody Zeller

21′ · 0

Miles Bridges

22′ · +3

Malik Monk

22′ · +3

Bismack Biyombo

21′ · -3

Jalen McDaniels

19′ · -3

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 CHA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

Lee, Paschall, Wanamaker, Bazemore, and Wiggins played 11.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Oubre, Mulder, Toscano-Anderson, Green, and Wiggins played 7.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Oubre, Lee, Wanamaker, Green, and Bazemore played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

Charlotte Hornets

Rozier, Washington, Ball, Hayward, and Zeller played 8.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Rozier, Bridges, Washington, Ball, and Hayward played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Rozier, Monk, Washington, Hayward, and Zeller played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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Golden State Warriors

Oubre, Paschall, Wanamaker, Green, and Wiggins played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Oubre, Mulder, Paschall, Wanamaker, and Green played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Oubre, Paschall, Wanamaker, Green, and Bazemore played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Oubre, Toscano-Anderson, Wanamaker, Green, and Wiggins played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Oubre, Mulder, Toscano-Anderson, Green, and Bazemore played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Oubre, Lee, Paschall, Wanamaker, and Wiggins played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Lee, Paschall, Green, and Wiggins played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Mulder, Toscano-Anderson, Paschall, and Wiggins played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Charlotte Hornets

Rozier, Monk, Bridges, McDaniels, and Biyombo played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Rozier, Washington, McDaniels, Hayward, and Biyombo played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Monk, Bridges, Ball, Hayward, and Biyombo played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Rozier, Monk, Bridges, McDaniels, and Zeller played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Rozier, Washington, McDaniels, Ball, and Biyombo played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Bridges, McDaniels, Ball, and Biyombo played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Monk, Washington, Hayward, and Biyombo played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Monk, Washington, Ball, Hayward, and Biyombo played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bridges, Washington, McDaniels, Ball, and Hayward played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Rozier, Bridges, Ball, Hayward, and Zeller played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Monk, Washington, Ball, and Biyombo played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Bridges, McDaniels, Ball, Hayward, and Zeller played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Rozier, Monk, Washington, Ball, and Zeller played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Monk, Bridges, Ball, and Zeller played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 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.

Terry Rozier covered 4.76 km, more than anyone in the game.

Brad Wanamaker touched the ball 100 times, a game high.
Brad Wanamaker made 79 passes, a game high.
Draymond Green defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Draymond Green had 14 rebound chances, a game high.

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Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kelly Oubre Jr.	4.49	6.9	49	27
Brad Wanamaker	3.91	6.6	100	79
Andrew Wiggins	3.75	6.3	65	45
Eric Paschall	3.49	6.9	52	33
Draymond Green	3.30	5.9	81	70
Damion Lee	2.98	7.4	40	32
Kent Bazemore	2.74	6.9	45	37
Mychal Mulder	2.00	7.0	20	12
Juan Toscano-Anderson	1.90	7.2	33	31

Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Terry Rozier	4.76	6.9	89	63
Gordon Hayward	4.09	7.1	63	47
LaMelo Ball	4.02	7.1	72	54
P.J. Washington	3.86	6.8	45	35
Miles Bridges	2.72	6.8	25

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

Draymond Green defended 5.2 shots at the rim per game over his 62 games, and opponents made 13 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 2 of 143 in the league.
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.

Charlotte Hornets

LaMelo Ball recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 5 of 364 in the league.
P.J. Washington contested 9.9 shots per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 18 of 364 in the league.
Terry Rozier drew 0.17 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 28 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 Charlotte Hornets have won 16 of their 43 games against the Golden State Warriors.

16-27record of the Charlotte Hornets · NBA 2004-05 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2004-05 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Scoring

202

combined points

22.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

22 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 01:35.0

Eric Paschall → Hornets

Paschall (GSW) ends his dribble and hops consecutively on the same foot after his gather.