Philadelphia 76ers – New York Knicks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 21 March 2021

PHI101–100NYK

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Highly recommended

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

· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times

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.

↑ NYK winsPHI wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Shake Milton decided it, the Philadelphia 76ers player with the most points (21, with 3 rebounds and 3 assists; +5 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 New York Knicks 100-101 Philadelphia 76ers (March 21, 2021) was hit by Tobias Harris: a free throw with 5.3 s left in overtime, putting the Philadelphia 76ers up 101-100. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of New York Knicks 100-101 Philadelphia 76ers (March 21, 2021) was a 15-0 run by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first quarter (from 7:38 to 4:59), from 2-4 to 17-4. The New York Knicks' best was a 13-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:11 to 40.1 s), from 29-43 to 42-43.

What were the keys of the last New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers game?

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Play: Tobias Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.

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.

Tobias Harris decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5.3 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 6 games 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.

21 March 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307439:704; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHI

Simmons · Harris · Green · Milton · Thybulle

Closing lineup · NYK

Bullock · Randle · Barrett · Noel · Burks

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PHI

Ben Simmons

37′ · -3

Tobias Harris

36′ · 0

Danny Green

33′ · -2

Furkan Korkmaz

28′ · -2

Tony Bradley

19′ · +1

Dwight Howard

32′ · -2

Mike Scott

16′ · +1

Shake Milton

29′ · +5

Matisse Thybulle

18′ · +3

Tyrese Maxey

15′ · +4

NYK

Reggie Bullock Jr.

47′ · +1

Julius Randle

46′ · +6

RJ Barrett

39′ · +5

Nerlens Noel

36′ · -1

Immanuel Quickley

26′ · +2

Frank Ntilikina

18′ · -2

Mitchell Robinson

17′ · -3

Alec Burks

30′ · -6

Obi Toppin

7′ · -7

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Philadelphia 76ers

Simmons, Korkmaz, Bradley, Green, and Harris played 15.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Milton, Thybulle, Maxey, Scott, and Howard played 10.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Green, Harris, and Howard played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

New York Knicks

Barrett, Quickley, Noel, Bullock, and Randle played 19.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Barrett, Burks, Noel, Bullock, and Randle played 9.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Ntilikina, Robinson, Burks, Bullock, and Randle played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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Philadelphia 76ers

Milton, Thybulle, Maxey, Harris, and Howard played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Simmons, Milton, Green, Harris, and Howard played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Bradley, Milton, and Green played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simmons, Milton, Thybulle, Harris, and Howard played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Milton, Scott, and Howard played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Green, Scott, and Howard played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

New York Knicks

Ntilikina, Robinson, Toppin, Burks, and Bullock played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Barrett, Quickley, Burks, Noel, and Randle played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Ntilikina, Robinson, Barrett, Burks, and Randle played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Ntilikina, Burks, Noel, Bullock, and Randle played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Ntilikina, Robinson, Barrett, Bullock, and Randle played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Robinson, Toppin, Quickley, Burks, and Bullock played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Ntilikina, Barrett, Noel, Bullock, and Randle played 1.2 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.

Reggie Bullock Jr. covered 5.28 km, more than anyone in the game.

Julius Randle touched the ball 98 times, a game high.
Ben Simmons made 64 passes, a game high.
Dwight Howard defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.

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Philadelphia 76ers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Ben Simmons	4.34	6.5	95	64
Tobias Harris	4.07	6.4	76	49
Danny Green	4.05	6.9	43	32
Shake Milton	3.56	6.5	58	37
Dwight Howard	3.46	6.1	51	44
Furkan Korkmaz	3.43	6.9	24	12
Tony Bradley	2.40	7.0	24	21
Matisse Thybulle	2.14	6.4	13	8
Tyrese Maxey	1.96	7.3	20	15
Mike Scott	1.74	6.0	18	16

New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Reggie Bullock Jr.	5.28	6.3	43	33
Julius Randle	5.16	6.2	98	63
RJ Barrett	4.83	6.8	52	28
Nerlens Noel	4.42	6.9	44	34
Alec Burks	3.60	6.6	54	33

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.

Philadelphia 76ers

Ben Simmons deflected 3.5 passes per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 5 of 364 in the league.
Matisse Thybulle deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 8 of 364 in the league.
Tony Bradley defended 4.2 shots at the rim per game over his 40 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 9 of 143 in the league.

New York Knicks

Julius Randle recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 16 of 364 in the league.
Nerlens Noel deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 19 of 364 in the league.
Mitchell Robinson contested 8.3 shots per game over his 31 games.
He ranks 40 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 New York Knicks have won 67 of their 129 games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Game context

Attendance

1981

10% of capacity

Madison Square Garden · New York

Scoring

201

combined points

23.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

51 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:16.2

Julius Randle → Dwight Howard

Randle (NYK) extends his arm and makes contact to Howard's (PHI) head during the shot attempt.

Turnover: 3 Second Violation · 00:23.6

Dwight Howard → Knicks

Howard (PHI) is in the lane for longer than three seconds.