Sacramento Kings – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 March 2022

SAC110–109IND

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 88% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 24 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 winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Davion Mitchell decided it, the Sacramento Kings player with the most points (25, with 1 rebounds and 7 assists; -10 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Alex Len'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 109-110 Sacramento Kings (March 23, 2022) was hit by Damian Jones: a putback with 0.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Sacramento Kings up 110-109. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 109-110 Sacramento Kings (March 23, 2022) was a 12-0 run by the Sacramento Kings between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 78-89 to 90-89. The Indiana Pacers' best was a 10-0 run in the third quarter (from 9:41 to 7:08), from 67-72 to 77-72.

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Play: Damian Jones makes tip shot.

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.

Damian Jones decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Jones 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.

23 March 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360905:624; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAC

Barnes · Jones · Metu · Len · Queta

Closing lineup · IND

Haliburton · Hield · Brissett · Bitadze · Taylor

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SAC

Davion Mitchell

38′ · -10

Harrison Barnes

33′ · -4

Damian Jones

30′ · -16

Trey Lyles

22′ · -5

Justin Holiday

22′ · -6

Donte DiVincenzo

31′ · +13

Chimezie Metu

26′ · +6

Jeremy Lamb

21′ · +10

Alex Len

18′ · +17

Neemias Queta

0′ · 0

IND

Tyrese Haliburton

37′ · +10

Buddy Hield

37′ · -1

Oshae Brissett

33′ · +5

Justin Anderson

31′ · +7

Goga Bitadze

29′ · -7

Terry Taylor

29′ · 0

Isaiah Jackson

7′ · +5

Duane Washington Jr.

21′ · -13

Lance Stephenson

15′ · -11

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Sacramento Kings

Lyles, Jones, Mitchell, Barnes, and Holiday played 14.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Lyles, Jones, DiVincenzo, Mitchell, and Barnes played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
DiVincenzo, Metu, Mitchell, Lamb, and Len played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

Indiana Pacers

Anderson, Hield, Bitadze, Brissett, and Haliburton played 10.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Anderson, Hield, Brissett, Haliburton, and Taylor played 8.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Hield, Bitadze, Washington, Taylor, and Stephenson played 5.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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Sacramento Kings

DiVincenzo, Metu, Barnes, Lamb, and Len played 5.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
DiVincenzo, Metu, Lamb, Holiday, and Len played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Jones, DiVincenzo, Metu, Mitchell, and Barnes played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, DiVincenzo, Metu, Mitchell, and Lamb played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.

Indiana Pacers

Anderson, Bitadze, Haliburton, Washington, and Taylor played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Anderson, Hield, Bitadze, Brissett, and Stephenson played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hield, Bitadze, Brissett, Haliburton, and Washington played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Anderson, Brissett, Haliburton, Washington, and Taylor played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Haliburton, Jackson, Washington, Taylor, and Stephenson played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hield, Haliburton, Jackson, Washington, and Taylor played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hield, Brissett, Haliburton, Jackson, and Taylor played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Anderson, Bitadze, Brissett, Haliburton, and Stephenson played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Hield, Jackson, Washington, Taylor, and Stephenson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 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.

Buddy Hield covered 4.59 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Haliburton touched the ball 94 times, a game high.
Tyrese Haliburton made 75 passes, a game high.
Justin Anderson defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.

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Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Davion Mitchell	4.57	6.8	78	55
Harrison Barnes	4.15	7.1	54	39
Donte DiVincenzo	3.77	6.8	61	44
Damian Jones	3.51	6.5	34	28
Chimezie Metu	2.90	6.4	38	21
Justin Holiday	2.75	7.3	23	13
Trey Lyles	2.74	6.9	34	23
Jeremy Lamb	2.38	6.6	32	23
Alex Len	1.98	6.4	26	22

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Buddy Hield	4.59	7.0	85	61
Tyrese Haliburton	4.52	6.8	94	75
Oshae Brissett	4.12	6.9	40	28
Justin Anderson	3.68	6.7	40	32
Terry Taylor	3.51	7.0	32

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.

Sacramento Kings

Davion Mitchell drew 0.16 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 30 of 386 in the league.
Donte DiVincenzo deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 38 of 386 in the league.
Damian Jones contested 8.0 shots per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 45 of 386 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Tyrese Haliburton deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 16 of 386 in the league.
Isaiah Jackson contested 6.5 shots per game over his 36 games.
He ranks 77 of 386 in the league.
Buddy Hield recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 79 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 Indiana Pacers have won 45 of their 78 games against the Sacramento Kings.

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Game context

Attendance

14.227

79.4% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

219

combined points

2.2 below the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

15 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:41.8

Tyrese Haliburton → Harrison Barnes

Haliburton (IND) hooks Barnes (SAC) at the start of his drive, and the contact affects his ability to defend.