LA Clippers – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 25 January 2022

LAC116–115WAS

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

This is how the game was decided.

Amir Coffey decided it, the LA Clippers player with the most points (29, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; +15 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Luke Kennard's (+26). 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 Washington Wizards 115-116 LA Clippers (January 25, 2022) was hit by Luke Kennard: a free throw with 1.9 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the LA Clippers up 116-115. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 115-116 LA Clippers (January 25, 2022) was a 20-0 run by the Washington Wizards in the second quarter (from 10:13 to 4:48), from 36-25 to 56-25. The LA Clippers' best was a 10-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 71-93 to 81-93.

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Play: Luke Kennard 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.

Luke Kennard 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 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Kennard 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.

25 January 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360535:745; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAC

Coffey · Mann · Kennard · Winslow · Scrubb

Closing lineup · WAS

Beal · Kuzma · Dinwiddie · Caldwell-Pope · Harrell

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LAC

Amir Coffey

37′ · +15

Terance Mann

32′ · -1

Reggie Jackson

16′ · -29

Ivica Zubac

12′ · -19

Nicolas Batum

8′ · -22

Luke Kennard

30′ · +26

Isaiah Hartenstein

26′ · +23

Justise Winslow

23′ · +9

Eric Bledsoe

15′ · +5

Brandon Boston

20′ · -6

Serge Ibaka

4′ · -12

Jay Scrubb

17′ · +16

WAS

Bradley Beal

40′ · +1

Kyle Kuzma

35′ · +3

Spencer Dinwiddie

34′ · -5

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

29′ · +10

Daniel Gafford

12′ · +6

Deni Avdija

21′ · -4

Thomas Bryant

15′ · 0

Corey Kispert

20′ · -4

Rui Hachimura

13′ · -4

Montrezl Harrell

20′ · -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. LAC and WAS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

LA Clippers

Kennard, Hartenstein, Coffey, Mann, and Bledsoe played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Zubac, Coffey, Mann, Batum, and Jackson played 6.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 15 points.
Kennard, Hartenstein, Coffey, Mann, and Scrubb played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

Washington Wizards

Kuzma, Gafford, Beal, Caldwell-Pope, and Dinwiddie played 12.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Harrell, Kuzma, Beal, Caldwell-Pope, and Dinwiddie played 7.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Bryant, Hachimura, Avdija, Kispert, and Dinwiddie played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

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LA Clippers

Zubac, Coffey, Mann, Scrubb, and Jackson played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Winslow, Kennard, Coffey, Mann, and Boston played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Winslow, Kennard, Hartenstein, Boston, and Bledsoe played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Winslow, Kennard, Hartenstein, Coffey, and Bledsoe played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Winslow, Hartenstein, Coffey, Scrubb, and Boston played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Winslow, Kennard, Hartenstein, Scrubb, and Boston played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Winslow, Mann, Boston, Ibaka, and Jackson played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Winslow, Kennard, Coffey, Scrubb, and Boston played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Washington Wizards

Kuzma, Bryant, Avdija, Beal, and Caldwell-Pope played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Harrell, Kuzma, Kispert, Beal, and Caldwell-Pope played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Bryant, Hachimura, Avdija, Kispert, and Beal played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Harrell, Kuzma, Kispert, Beal, and Dinwiddie played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Harrell, Hachimura, Avdija, Kispert, and Dinwiddie played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Harrell, Kuzma, Avdija, Beal, and Dinwiddie played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Harrell, Hachimura, Avdija, Beal, and Dinwiddie played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 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.

Bradley Beal covered 4.63 km, more than anyone in the game.

Bradley Beal touched the ball 101 times, a game high.
Bradley Beal made 76 passes, a game high.
Isaiah Hartenstein defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Kyle Kuzma had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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LA Clippers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Amir Coffey	4.47	6.7	50	24
Terance Mann	4.23	7.2	44	28
Luke Kennard	3.86	7.1	42	27
Isaiah Hartenstein	3.19	6.9	53	37
Justise Winslow	2.82	6.7	38	27
Brandon Boston Jr.	2.43	6.8	24	13
Jay Scrubb	2.30	7.5	20	14
Reggie Jackson	1.91	6.9	40	29
Eric Bledsoe	1.74	6.4	32	27
Ivica Zubac	1.40	6.5	26	19
Nicolas Batum	0.93	6.5	16	14
Serge Ibaka	0.47	6.5	3	2

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Bradley Beal	4.63	6.5	101	76
Kyle Kuzma	4.26	6.8	65	43
Spencer Dinwiddie	3.78	6.2	81	69
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	3.51	6.6	32	22
Deni Avdija	2.72	7.1	33

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.

Washington Wizards

Bradley Beal recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 40 games.
He ranks 2 of 386 in the league.
Montrezl Harrell drew 0.17 charges per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 24 of 386 in the league.
Daniel Gafford contested 8.9 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 30 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 Washington Wizards have won 42 of their 82 games against the LA Clippers.

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Game context

Attendance

13.544

66.6% of capacity

Capital One Arena · Washington

Scoring

231

combined points

9.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

22 calls reviewed4 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:01.9

Bradley Beal → Luke Kennard

Beal (WAS) places two hands on Kennard's (LAC) body and makes contact with his arm, prior to the start of his upward shooting motion. A personal foul should be assessed and the basket should not count.

Turnover: 5 Second Violation · 00:10.9

Justise Winslow → Wizards

Winslow (LAC) does not release the inbound within 5 seconds.

Turnover: Traveling · 00:29.8

Kyle Kuzma → Clippers

Kuzma (WAS) lifts and re-plants his pivot foot prior to passing the ball.

Foul: Shooting · 00:50.1

Luke Kennard → Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

Kennard (LAC) reaches in and makes contact with Caldwell-Pope's (WAS) arm, which affects his driving shot attempt.