Washington Wizards – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 8 May 2021

WAS133–132IND

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 95% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 23 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.

↑ IND winsWAS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Bradley Beal decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (50, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; +8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Davis Bertans's (+17). 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 Indiana Pacers 132-133 Washington Wizards (May 8, 2021) was hit by Russell Westbrook: a free throw with 1.0 s left in overtime, putting the Washington Wizards up 133-132. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 132-133 Washington Wizards (May 8, 2021) was a 10-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the third quarter (from 10:07 to 8:43), from 66-67 to 76-67. The Washington Wizards' best was a 7-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 7:34 to 6:29), from 102-114 to 109-114.

What were the keys of the last Indiana Pacers vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Russell Westbrook 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.

Russell Westbrook decided this game: his points put his team ahead with one second left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 8 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Westbrook 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.

8 May 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307820:783; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · WAS

Westbrook · Hachimura · Neto · Len · Gafford

Closing lineup · IND

Sabonis · LeVert · McDermott · Holiday · McConnell

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WAS

Russell Westbrook

44′ · +4

Bradley Beal

39′ · +8

Rui Hachimura

35′ · +3

Raul Neto

26′ · -10

Alex Len

20′ · -9

Ish Smith

19′ · -15

Davis Bertans

34′ · +17

Chandler Hutchison

12′ · +5

Daniel Gafford

17′ · +12

Robin Lopez

16′ · -2

Garrison Mathews

3′ · -8

IND

Domantas Sabonis

43′ · -3

Caris LeVert

41′ · +3

Edmond Sumner

30′ · +1

Doug McDermott

26′ · +5

Oshae Brissett

24′ · +10

Justin Holiday

27′ · -7

T.J. McConnell

23′ · -5

Aaron Holiday

19′ · +2

Goga Bitadze

16′ · -7

Kelan Martin

15′ · -6

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 IND.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Hachimura, Gafford, Westbrook, Bertans, and Beal played 8.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Beal, Len, and Neto played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Gafford, Westbrook, Bertans, and Neto played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Indiana Pacers

Sabonis, LeVert, Sumner, Brissett, and McDermott played 19.1 minutes together.
Holiday, Bitadze, Martin, Holiday, and McConnell played 9.6 minutes together.
Sabonis, LeVert, Holiday, Holiday, and McConnell played 5.9 minutes together.

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

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Washington Wizards

Lopez, Smith, Bertans, Beal, and Neto played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hutchison, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hutchison, Hachimura, Beal, Len, and Neto played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, Len, and Neto played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Beal played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hutchison, Gafford, Westbrook, Smith, and Bertans played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Bertans, Beal, and Len played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Westbrook, Bertans, Beal, Len, and Neto played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hutchison, Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, and Beal played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Smith, Bertans, Beal, Len, and Neto played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hutchison, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Beal played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Beal played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Indiana Pacers

Sabonis, LeVert, Sumner, Brissett, and Holiday played 5.2 minutes together.
Sabonis, LeVert, Sumner, Martin, and McDermott played 4.0 minutes together.
Sabonis, LeVert, Bitadze, Holiday, and McConnell played 2.5 minutes together.
Sabonis, Holiday, Bitadze, Holiday, and McConnell played 2.2 minutes together.
Sabonis, LeVert, Holiday, McDermott, and McConnell played 1.6 minutes together.
Sabonis, LeVert, Bitadze, Martin, and McConnell played 1.4 minutes together.
Sabonis, LeVert, Sumner, Holiday, and McDermott 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.

Domantas Sabonis covered 5.37 km, more than anyone in the game.

Domantas Sabonis touched the ball 119 times, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis made 91 passes, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis defended 11 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Russell Westbrook had 25 rebound chances, a game high.

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Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Russell Westbrook	5.13	6.5	116	75
Bradley Beal	5.02	7.1	78	39
Rui Hachimura	4.26	6.8	48	33
Davis Bertans	4.10	6.7	29	20
Raul Neto	3.35	7.3	20	14
Alex Len	2.59	7.4	29	19
Ish Smith	2.53	7.2	39	30
Robin Lopez	2.06	6.8	27	17
Daniel Gafford	1.88	6.3	17	12
Chandler Hutchison	1.50	7.3	12	10
Garrison Mathews	0.47	8.8	3	1

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Domantas Sabonis	5.37	6.9	119	91
Caris LeVert	5.12	7.0	112	71
Edmond Sumner	4.01	7.6	34	22
Doug McDermott	3.73	8.1	24	14
Justin Holiday	3.48	7.1	31

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.
Daniel Gafford defended 4.7 shots at the rim per game over his 52 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 9 of 143 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

T.J. McConnell deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 3 of 364 in the league.
Domantas Sabonis contested 10.6 shots per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 13 of 364 in the league.
Caris LeVert deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 39 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 Indiana Pacers have won 116 of their 208 games against the Washington Wizards.

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Game context

Scoring

265

combined points

40.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

22 calls reviewed3 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:18.0

Daniel Gafford → Domantas Sabonis

Gafford (WAS) dislodges Sabonis (IND) from his rebounding position prior to any arm contact by Sabonis. The foul should have been called on Gafford.

Foul: Shooting · 00:45.0

Domantas Sabonis → Russell Westbrook

Sabonis (IND) extends his forearm and makes contact with Westbrook's (WAS) body that affects his driving shot attempt.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:45.4

Kelan Martin → Wizards

Martin (IND) splits his feet at the start of his dribble.