Washington Wizards – Golden State Warriors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 9 April 2021

WAS110–107GSW

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 92% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 33 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.

↑ GSW winsWAS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Rui Hachimura decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (22, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; +13 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 Golden State Warriors 107-110 Washington Wizards (April 9, 2021) was hit by Bradley Beal: a free throw with 6.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 108-107. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Golden State Warriors 107-110 Washington Wizards (April 9, 2021) was a 14-0 run by the Golden State Warriors in the third quarter (from 8:22 to 5:22), from 61-70 to 75-70. The Washington Wizards' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 4:36 to 3:32), from 18-18 to 25-18.

What were the keys of the last Golden State Warriors vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Bradley Beal makes free throw 1 of 1.

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.

Bradley Beal decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, 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 Beal 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 April 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307591:652; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · WAS

Hachimura · Westbrook · Beal · Avdija · Neto

Closing lineup · GSW

Oubre · Wiggins · Curry · Green · Lee

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WAS

Rui Hachimura

38′ · +13

Russell Westbrook

37′ · +1

Bradley Beal

30′ · +1

Deni Avdija

21′ · -13

Alex Len

20′ · -2

Ish Smith

19′ · 0

Davis Bertans

27′ · +4

Garrison Mathews

13′ · -3

Robin Lopez

27′ · +7

Raul Neto

7′ · +7

GSW

Kelly Oubre Jr.

37′ · -13

Andrew Wiggins

36′ · +12

Stephen Curry

35′ · -16

Draymond Green

33′ · -7

James Wiseman

23′ · +4

Kent Bazemore

28′ · +2

Kevon Looney

19′ · -6

Damion Lee

15′ · 0

Jordan Poole

15′ · +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. WAS and GSW.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Hachimura, Avdija, Westbrook, Beal, and Len played 10.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Bertans, Beal, and Len played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Beal played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Golden State Warriors

Oubre, Wiseman, Curry, Green, and Wiggins played 9.0 minutes together.
Oubre, Looney, Curry, Green, and Wiggins played 7.8 minutes together.
Lee, Poole, Wiseman, Bazemore, and Wiggins played 6.3 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Golden State Warriors lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

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Washington Wizards

Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Lopez, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Mathews, Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, and Neto played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hachimura, Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, and Smith played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Mathews, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Mathews, Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, and Smith played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hachimura, Mathews, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hachimura, Smith, Bertans, Beal, and Len played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hachimura, Mathews, Lopez, Beal, and Neto played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Mathews, Avdija, Lopez, Beal, and Neto played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Neto played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

Golden State Warriors

Oubre, Curry, Green, Bazemore, and Wiggins played 5.7 minutes together.
Oubre, Looney, Lee, Curry, and Bazemore played 3.3 minutes together.
Oubre, Looney, Curry, Green, and Bazemore played 2.7 minutes together.
Looney, Curry, Green, Bazemore, and Wiggins played 2.6 minutes together.
Oubre, Lee, Poole, Wiseman, and Bazemore played 2.6 minutes together.
Oubre, Looney, Lee, Poole, and Bazemore played 2.6 minutes together.
Wiseman, Curry, Green, Bazemore, and Wiggins played 2.1 minutes together.
Oubre, Poole, Wiseman, Green, and Wiggins played 1.7 minutes together.
Oubre, Poole, Wiseman, Curry, and Green played 1.2 minutes together.

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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.

Rui Hachimura covered 4.76 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 108 times, a game high.
Russell Westbrook made 81 passes, a game high.
Draymond Green defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Russell Westbrook had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rui Hachimura	4.76	7.2	70	50
Russell Westbrook	4.36	6.6	108	81
Bradley Beal	3.64	6.9	65	41
Robin Lopez	3.14	6.6	43	26
Davis Bertans	3.14	6.6	23	17
Deni Avdija	2.86	7.7	33	25
Alex Len	2.70	7.6	30	19
Ish Smith	2.33	7.0	39	32
Garrison Mathews	1.51	6.8	4	3
Raul Neto	0.82	6.6	12	11

Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kelly Oubre Jr.	4.46	6.9	39	24
Andrew Wiggins	4.33	7.0	44	26
Stephen Curry	4.23	6.9	82	49
Draymond Green	3.70	6.3	72	59
Kent Bazemore	3.39	7.0	41

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.

Washington Wizards

Russell Westbrook recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 4 of 364 in the league.
Ish Smith drew 0.26 charges per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 12 of 364 in the league.
Robin Lopez contested 9.6 shots per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 22 of 364 in the league.

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.

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 Golden State Warriors have won 36 of their 58 games against the Washington Wizards.

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Game context

Scoring

217

combined points

7.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

11 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:25.1

Bradley Beal → Warriors

Beal (WAS) gathers the ball and takes three steps as he drives to the basket.