Utah Jazz – New Orleans Pelicans · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 October 2022

UTA122–121NOP

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 97% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 30 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.

↑ NOP winsUTA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Lauri Markkanen decided it, the Utah Jazz player with the most points (31, with 12 rebounds and 2 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Collin Sexton's (+11). 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 New Orleans Pelicans 121-122 Utah Jazz (October 23, 2022) was hit by Kelly Olynyk: a layup with 3.1 s left in overtime, putting the Utah Jazz up 122-121. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of New Orleans Pelicans 121-122 Utah Jazz (October 23, 2022) was a 14-0 run by the New Orleans Pelicans in the fourth quarter (from 6:41 to 1:26), from 93-105 to 107-105. The Utah Jazz' best was a 9-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 91-84 to 100-84.

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

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Play: Kelly Olynyk makes two point 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.

Kelly Olynyk decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.1 seconds left in overtime 1, 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 Olynyk 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 October 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468195:811; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · UTA

Markkanen · Olynyk · Clarkson · Conley · Sexton

Closing lineup · NOP

McCollum · Murphy · Nance · Alvarado · Marshall

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UTA

Lauri Markkanen

39′ · +6

Kelly Olynyk

37′ · -8

Jordan Clarkson

37′ · +4

Mike Conley

36′ · -13

Jarred Vanderbilt

28′ · -4

Walker Kessler

22′ · +9

Collin Sexton

19′ · +11

Malik Beasley

21′ · +2

Rudy Gay

16′ · +6

Talen Horton-Tucker

9′ · -8

Simone Fontecchio

0′ · 0

NOP

CJ McCollum

41′ · +9

Herbert Jones

35′ · -1

Zion Williamson

30′ · -7

Jonas Valanciunas

24′ · -7

Brandon Ingram

11′ · 0

Trey Murphy III

40′ · +14

Larry Nance Jr.

29′ · +6

Jose Alvarado

24′ · -5

Naji Marshall

14′ · -7

Devonte' Graham

15′ · +1

Jaxson Hayes

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. UTA and NOP.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Utah Jazz

Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Conley, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 17.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Markkanen, Sexton, Kessler, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Markkanen, Sexton, Kessler, and Gay played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

New Orleans Pelicans

Nance, Jones, Murphy, Alvarado, and McCollum played 10.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Williamson, Jones, Murphy, Valanciunas, and McCollum played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Ingram, Williamson, Jones, Valanciunas, and McCollum played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Utah Jazz

Markkanen, Kessler, Conley, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Beasley, Kessler, Gay, Conley, and Clarkson played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Markkanen, Sexton, Vanderbilt, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Beasley, Vanderbilt, Horton-Tucker, Gay, and Conley played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Sexton, Horton-Tucker, Kessler, and Gay played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Horton-Tucker, Kessler, Gay, and Conley played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Markkanen, Sexton, Vanderbilt, Conley, and Olynyk played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Vanderbilt, Horton-Tucker, Conley, and Olynyk played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Markkanen, Sexton, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Beasley, Markkanen, Conley, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

New Orleans Pelicans

Nance, Williamson, Marshall, Murphy, and Alvarado played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Nance, Graham, Williamson, Murphy, and McCollum played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Nance, Ingram, Marshall, Murphy, and Alvarado played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Nance, Graham, Williamson, Murphy, and Alvarado played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Graham, Williamson, Murphy, Valanciunas, and McCollum played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Nance, Marshall, Jones, Alvarado, and McCollum played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Marshall, Jones, Alvarado, Valanciunas, and McCollum played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Graham, Jones, Murphy, Valanciunas, and McCollum played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Graham, Hayes, Marshall, Jones, and Valanciunas played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 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.

CJ McCollum covered 4.79 km, more than anyone in the game.

Mike Conley touched the ball 90 times, a game high.
Mike Conley made 76 passes, a game high.
Jonas Valanciunas defended 11 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Jonas Valanciunas had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Utah Jazz

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Lauri Markkanen	4.65	6.5	56	28
Jordan Clarkson	4.57	6.8	61	35
Kelly Olynyk	4.36	6.4	71	55
Mike Conley	4.31	6.6	90	76
Jarred Vanderbilt	3.36	6.6	31	24
Walker Kessler	2.70	6.7	25	16
Malik Beasley	2.35	6.2	21	14
Collin Sexton	2.30	6.5	40	23
Rudy Gay	1.90	6.5	24	16
Talen Horton-Tucker	1.22	7.4	24	17
Simone Fontecchio	0.03	8.4	0	0

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
CJ McCollum	4.79	6.5	87	57
Trey Murphy III	4.75	6.5	44	30
Herbert Jones	4.18	6.5	41	27
Zion Williamson	3.77	7.0	49	26
Larry Nance Jr.	3.31	6.4	46

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 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Utah Jazz

Walker Kessler defended 6.7 shots at the rim per game over his 74 games, and opponents made 13 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 3 of 149 in the league.
Lauri Markkanen defended 5.7 shots at the rim per game over his 66 games, and opponents made 12 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 5 of 149 in the league.
Kelly Olynyk drew 0.18 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 in the league.

New Orleans Pelicans

Herbert Jones deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 6 of 382 in the league.
Larry Nance Jr. drew 0.17 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 30 of 382 in the league.
Devonte' Graham drew 0.14 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 38 of 382 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 New Orleans Pelicans have won 20 of their 45 games against the Utah Jazz.

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Game context

Attendance

18.665

110.7% of capacity

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans

Scoring

243

combined points

13.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

20 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors