New Orleans Pelicans – Utah Jazz · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 26 November 2021

NOP98–97UTA

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

This is how the game was decided.

Brandon Ingram decided it, the New Orleans Pelicans player with the most points (21, with 8 rebounds and 5 assists; -3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Willy Hernangomez's (+10). 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 Utah Jazz 97-98 New Orleans Pelicans (November 26, 2021) was hit by Devonte' Graham: a three-pointer with 1.9 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the New Orleans Pelicans up 98-97. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Utah Jazz 97-98 New Orleans Pelicans (November 26, 2021) was a 10-0 run by the New Orleans Pelicans between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 20-28 to 30-28. The Utah Jazz' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 8:40 to 6:29), from 34-32 to 43-32.

What were the keys of the last Utah Jazz vs New Orleans Pelicans game?

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Play: Devonte' Graham makes 28-foot running pullup jump shot (Brandon Ingram 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.

Devonte' Graham decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.9 seconds left in 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 Graham 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.

26 November 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360113:636; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NOP

Ingram · Hart · Valanciunas · Graham · Temple

Closing lineup · UTA

Gobert · Mitchell · O'Neale · Conley · Bogdanovic

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NOP

Brandon Ingram

38′ · -3

Josh Hart

37′ · 0

Herbert Jones

35′ · -2

Jonas Valanciunas

29′ · -9

Devonte' Graham

29′ · -1

Willy Hernangomez

19′ · +10

Garrett Temple

11′ · +2

Kira Lewis Jr.

10′ · 0

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

24′ · +6

Tomas Satoransky

9′ · +2

UTA

Rudy Gobert

37′ · -6

Donovan Mitchell

34′ · 0

Royce O'Neale

32′ · 0

Mike Conley

31′ · -11

Bojan Bogdanovic

31′ · +2

Joe Ingles

23′ · +7

Hassan Whiteside

11′ · +5

Jordan Clarkson

22′ · -9

Rudy Gay

16′ · -1

Trent Forrest

3′ · +8

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

New Orleans Pelicans

Ingram, Hart, Graham, Jones, and Valanciunas played 22.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Hernangomez, Ingram, Hart, Alexander-Walker, and Satoransky played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hernangomez, Ingram, Alexander-Walker, Lewis, and Temple played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Utah Jazz

O'Neale, Mitchell, Conley, Bogdanovic, and Gobert played 19.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Gay, Conley, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 11.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
O'Neale, Mitchell, Whiteside, Bogdanovic, and Ingles played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

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New Orleans Pelicans

Hernangomez, Alexander-Walker, Lewis, Jones, and Temple played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hart, Graham, Alexander-Walker, Jones, and Valanciunas played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Alexander-Walker, Lewis, Jones, Temple, and Valanciunas played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hernangomez, Ingram, Alexander-Walker, Temple, and Satoransky played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Ingram, Graham, Alexander-Walker, Jones, and Valanciunas played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hernangomez, Hart, Graham, Alexander-Walker, and Jones played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Hernangomez, Ingram, Hart, Graham, and Jones played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Hernangomez, Hart, Lewis, Jones, and Temple played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Utah Jazz

O'Neale, Mitchell, Whiteside, Bogdanovic, and Clarkson played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Forrest, Gay, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
O'Neale, Mitchell, Bogdanovic, Gobert, and Clarkson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Mitchell, Gay, Gobert, Clarkson, and Ingles played 1.4 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.

Josh Hart covered 4.30 km, more than anyone in the game.

Brandon Ingram touched the ball 83 times, a game high.
Devonte' Graham made 54 passes, a game high.
Rudy Gobert defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Rudy Gobert had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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New Orleans Pelicans

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Josh Hart	4.30	6.6	53	41
Brandon Ingram	4.26	6.4	83	50
Herbert Jones	4.17	6.6	32	20
Devonte' Graham	3.59	6.8	65	54
Jonas Valanciunas	3.22	6.1	67	53
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	2.94	7.1	50	31
Willy Hernangomez	2.16	6.6	64	53
Garrett Temple	1.32	6.7	16	13
Kira Lewis Jr.	1.22	7.1	23	18
Tomas Satoransky	1.08	7.1	15	13

Utah Jazz

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rudy Gobert	4.10	6.3	30	22
Royce O'Neale	3.85	6.7	60	51
Mike Conley	3.67	6.7	55	36
Donovan Mitchell	3.62	6.0	73	43
Bojan Bogdanovic	3.59	6.4	45	28

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 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

New Orleans Pelicans

Herbert Jones deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 7 of 386 in the league.
Josh Hart recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 17 of 386 in the league.
Jonas Valančiūnas contested 9.6 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 18 of 386 in the league.

Utah Jazz

Rudy Gobert contested 13.1 shots per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 2 of 386 in the league.
Donovan Mitchell recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 23 of 386 in the league.
Hassan Whiteside contested 8.4 shots per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 36 of 386 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 Utah Jazz have won 25 of their 45 games against the New Orleans Pelicans.

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Game context

Attendance

18.306

100% of capacity

Delta Center · Salt Lake City

Scoring

195

combined points

26.2 below the season average (221.2)

⚖️ 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

Foul: Shooting · 00:10.5

Herbert Jones → Donovan Mitchell

Jones (NOP) makes contact with Mitchell's (UTA) arm that affects his driving shot attempt.