LA Clippers – Denver Nuggets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 19 January 2022

LAC128–130DEN

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 96% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 25 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.

↑ DEN winsLAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Jokić decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (49, with 14 rebounds and 10 assists; +15 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Aaron Gordon's (+21). 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 Denver Nuggets 130-128 LA Clippers (January 19, 2022) was hit by Aaron Gordon: a three-pointer with 2.2 s left in overtime, putting the Denver Nuggets up 130-127. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Denver Nuggets 130-128 LA Clippers (January 19, 2022) was a 15-0 run by the LA Clippers in the second quarter (from 9:27 to 5:40), from 33-34 to 48-34. The Denver Nuggets' best was a 12-0 run in the third quarter (from 7:59 to 6:08), from 57-71 to 69-71.

With 49 points, this is Nikola Jokić's highest-scoring game of the 2021‑22 regular season.

With 32 points, this is Ivica Zubac's highest-scoring game of the 2021‑22 regular season.

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Play: Aaron Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic 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.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Aaron Gordon decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.2 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Gordon 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.

19 January 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360497:691; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAC

Jackson · Zubac · Coffey · Kennard · Boston

Closing lineup · DEN

Morris · Gordon · Barton · Jokic · Green

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LAC

Terance Mann

39′ · -10

Reggie Jackson

38′ · -2

Ivica Zubac

37′ · -17

Amir Coffey

31′ · -20

Serge Ibaka

14′ · -8

Luke Kennard

27′ · +3

Eric Bledsoe

25′ · +10

Brandon Boston

27′ · +16

Justise Winslow

14′ · +6

Isaiah Hartenstein

13′ · +12

DEN

Monte Morris

45′ · +14

Aaron Gordon

44′ · +21

Will Barton

41′ · +6

Nikola Jokic

41′ · +15

Jeff Green

33′ · +8

Bones Hyland

15′ · -6

Zeke Nnaji

13′ · -16

Facundo Campazzo

9′ · -12

Austin Rivers

7′ · -14

Davon Reed

18′ · -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. LAC and DEN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

LA Clippers

Zubac, Coffey, Mann, Ibaka, and Jackson played 11.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.
Zubac, Kennard, Mann, Boston, and Jackson played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Winslow, Kennard, Hartenstein, Boston, and Bledsoe played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Denver Nuggets

Morris, Green, Barton, Gordon, and Jokic played 24.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 22 points.
Morris, Reed, Barton, Gordon, and Jokic played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Morris, Reed, Nnaji, Hyland, and Gordon played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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LA Clippers

Zubac, Kennard, Coffey, Mann, and Jackson played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Zubac, Mann, Boston, Bledsoe, and Jackson played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Zubac, Coffey, Mann, Boston, and Jackson played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Zubac, Kennard, Coffey, Mann, and Bledsoe played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Winslow, Hartenstein, Boston, Bledsoe, and Jackson played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Winslow, Kennard, Hartenstein, Coffey, and Bledsoe played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Coffey, Mann, Ibaka, Bledsoe, and Jackson played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Kennard, Hartenstein, Mann, Boston, and Bledsoe played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Winslow, Zubac, Kennard, Coffey, and Bledsoe played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Winslow, Boston, Ibaka, Bledsoe, and Jackson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Denver Nuggets

Morris, Hyland, Barton, Gordon, and Jokic played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Nnaji, Campazzo, Hyland, Green, and Rivers played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Nnaji, Campazzo, Green, Rivers, and Barton played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Morris, Reed, Hyland, Gordon, and Jokic played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Reed, Campazzo, Green, Barton, and Jokic played 1.3 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.

Monte Morris covered 5.05 km, more than anyone in the game.

Nikola Jokić touched the ball 133 times, a game high.
Nikola Jokić made 93 passes, a game high.
Nikola Jokić defended 11 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Nikola Jokić had 26 rebound chances, a game high.

▸See what was measured for each player

LA Clippers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Terance Mann	4.67	6.6	45	38
Ivica Zubac	4.49	6.6	67	42
Reggie Jackson	4.23	6.1	97	66
Amir Coffey	3.46	6.2	34	25
Luke Kennard	3.06	6.3	32	22
Brandon Boston Jr.	3.04	6.2	31	18
Eric Bledsoe	2.62	5.9	57	44
Justise Winslow	1.77	7.2	28	24
Serge Ibaka	1.53	6.1	31	22
Isaiah Hartenstein	1.50	6.7	26	19

Denver Nuggets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Monte Morris	5.05	6.3	94	74
Aaron Gordon	4.79	6.0	65	41
Nikola Jokić	4.70	6.2	133	93
Will Barton	4.47	6.0	53	42
Jeff Green	3.49	5.8	45	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 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

LA Clippers

Ivica Zubac contested 10.9 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 11 of 386 in the league.
Isaiah Hartenstein defended 5.3 shots at the rim per game over his 68 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 11 of 131 in the league.
Reggie Jackson drew 0.09 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 56 of 386 in the league.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić contested 12.2 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 4 of 386 in the league.
Facundo Campazzo deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 33 of 386 in the league.
Jeff Green drew 0.15 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 33 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 Denver Nuggets have won 104 of their 181 games against the LA Clippers.

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Game context

Attendance

14.547

74.5% of capacity

Ball Arena · Denver

Scoring

258

combined points

36.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

26 calls reviewed5 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:34.6

Amir Coffey → Nikola Jokic

Coffey (LAC) makes clean contact with the ball during Jokic's (DEN) driving shot attempt. However, Jackson (LAC) reaches in and makes contact with Jokic's (DEN) arm. The foul should've been assessed to Jackson.

Foul: Personal · 00:39.3

Ivica Zubac → Nikola Jokic

Zubac (LAC) steps up and into Jokic's (DEN) body off-ball, affecting his FOM and impeding his ability to cut.

Foul: Offensive · 00:47.8

Reggie Jackson → Jeff Green

Green (DEN) is established in Jackson's (LAC) path prior to his upward motion and absorbs the body contact in the chest as Jackson dislodges him.

Turnover: Offensive Goaltending · 01:12.8

Nikola Jokic → Clippers

Jokic (DEN) touches the ball while it is in the imaginary cylinder above the rim.