Charlotte Hornets – Milwaukee Bucks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 1 December 2021

CHA125–127MIL

Is it worth watching?

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 19 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.

↑ MIL winsCHA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Giannis Antetokounmpo decided it, the Milwaukee Bucks player with the most points (40, with 12 rebounds and 9 assists; +4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was DeMarcus Cousins's (+9). 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 Milwaukee Bucks 127-125 Charlotte Hornets (December 1, 2021) was hit by Giannis Antetokounmpo: a layup with 2.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Milwaukee Bucks up 127-125. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Milwaukee Bucks 127-125 Charlotte Hornets (December 1, 2021) was a 10-0 run by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second quarter (from 11:27 to 10:12), from 25-43 to 35-43. The Charlotte Hornets' best was a 10-0 run between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 33-25 to 43-25.

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Play: Giannis Antetokounmpo makes 4-foot two point shot (Jrue Holiday 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, 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 Antetokounmpo 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.

1 December 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360148:698; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHA

Rozier · Washington · Bridges · Hayward · McDaniels

Closing lineup · MIL

Holiday · Antetokounmpo · Middleton · Allen · Connaughton

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CHA

LaMelo Ball

41′ · +2

Terry Rozier

38′ · +2

P.J. Washington

36′ · -5

Miles Bridges

35′ · -2

Gordon Hayward

32′ · +4

Kelly Oubre Jr.

31′ · -4

Jalen McDaniels

23′ · +5

Ish Smith

3′ · -5

Nick Richards

1′ · -7

MIL

Jrue Holiday

38′ · -5

Giannis Antetokounmpo

38′ · +4

Khris Middleton

33′ · +4

Grayson Allen

30′ · +1

Bobby Portis

26′ · -6

Pat Connaughton

27′ · +3

George Hill

28′ · +9

Rodney Hood

6′ · -9

DeMarcus Cousins

15′ · +9

Thanasis Antetokounmpo

0′ · 0

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Charlotte Hornets

Rozier, Bridges, Washington, Ball, and Hayward played 16.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Oubre, Rozier, Bridges, Washington, and Ball played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Oubre, Bridges, McDaniels, Ball, and Hayward played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

Milwaukee Bucks

Portis, Allen, Holiday, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 8.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, and Antetokounmpo played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Allen, Holiday, Cousins, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Charlotte Hornets

Oubre, Rozier, Washington, McDaniels, and Ball played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Oubre, Rozier, Washington, McDaniels, and Hayward played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Rozier, Bridges, McDaniels, and Ball played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Oubre, Washington, McDaniels, Ball, and Hayward played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Oubre, Bridges, Richards, Hayward, and Smith played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.

Milwaukee Bucks

Connaughton, Allen, Holiday, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Allen, Hill, Cousins, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, and Middleton played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Allen, Hill, and Middleton played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, Antetokounmpo, and Hood played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, Cousins, and Antetokounmpo played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Portis, Allen, Hill, Middleton, and Hood played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, and Cousins played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Connaughton, Allen, Holiday, Cousins, and Antetokounmpo played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Portis, Allen, Hill, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Hill, Holiday, and Hood played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Allen, Hill, Holiday, Cousins, and Antetokounmpo played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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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.

LaMelo Ball covered 5.33 km, more than anyone in the game.

LaMelo Ball touched the ball 128 times, a game high.
LaMelo Ball made 96 passes, a game high.
P.J. Washington defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 22 rebound chances, a game high.

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Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
LaMelo Ball	5.33	7.2	128	96
Terry Rozier	4.79	7.0	62	51
Miles Bridges	4.41	6.9	69	46
P.J. Washington	4.41	7.0	75	63
Gordon Hayward	3.96	6.9	49	32
Kelly Oubre Jr.	3.72	6.7	35	16
Jalen McDaniels	3.01	7.2	33	27
Ish Smith	0.34	7.1	5	5
Nick Richards	0.14	7.2	3	3

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jrue Holiday	4.52	6.7	75	63
Giannis Antetokounmpo	4.33	6.4	76	39
Khris Middleton	3.99	6.7	69	43
Grayson Allen	3.89	7.2	28	15
George Hill	3.52	6.9	35

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.

Charlotte Hornets

LaMelo Ball recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 9 of 386 in the league.
Miles Bridges contested 8.9 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 28 of 386 in the league.
Kelly Oubre Jr. deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 28 of 386 in the league.

Milwaukee Bucks

Jrue Holiday deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 14 of 386 in the league.
Giannis Antetokounmpo defended 5.1 shots at the rim per game over his 67 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 7 of 131 in the league.
Bobby Portis contested 9.0 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 25 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 Milwaukee Bucks have won 48 of their 78 games against the Charlotte Hornets.

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Game context

Attendance

17.341

100% of capacity

Fiserv Forum · Milwaukee

Scoring

252

combined points

30.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

29 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 01:39.8

Giannis Antetokounmpo → P.J. Washington

Antetokounmpo (MIL) is late to the spot and continues moving toward Washington (CHA) when he makes body contact that affects Washington's SQBR.

Foul: Offensive · 01:44.3

Gordon Hayward → Jrue Holiday

Hayward (CHA) establishes a wide screening position and initiates foot-to-foot contact with Holiday (MIL) as Holiday goes over, affecting his ability to defend.