Orlando Magic – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 19 November 2022

ORL113–114IND

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 93% of NBA games since 2017

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

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

This is how the game was decided.

Tyrese Haliburton decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (22, with 4 rebounds and 14 assists; +4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Aaron Nesmith's (+20). 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 114-113 Orlando Magic (November 19, 2022) was hit by Aaron Nesmith: a free throw with 9.6 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Indiana Pacers up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 114-113 Orlando Magic (November 19, 2022) was a 13-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the third quarter (from 4:08 to 2:06), from 74-77 to 87-77. The Orlando Magic' best was a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 8:18 to 5:33), from 91-98 to 101-98.

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Play: Aaron Nesmith makes free throw 2 of 2.

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.

Aaron Nesmith decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 9.6 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 Nesmith 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 November 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468391:652; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ORL

Bol · Bamba · Suggs · Wagner · Hampton

Closing lineup · IND

Turner · Nembhard · Mathurin · McConnell · Nesmith

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ORL

Bol Bol

34′ · +3

Mo Bamba

33′ · +18

Jalen Suggs

33′ · +3

Franz Wagner

31′ · -4

Chuma Okeke

25′ · -7

Terrence Ross

24′ · +1

Caleb Houstan

19′ · -4

Admiral Schofield

13′ · -20

R.J. Hampton

25′ · +1

Kevon Harris

4′ · +4

IND

Tyrese Haliburton

34′ · +4

Myles Turner

34′ · +3

Buddy Hield

30′ · +7

Jalen Smith

25′ · +2

Andrew Nembhard

18′ · -16

Bennedict Mathurin

27′ · -6

Isaiah Jackson

7′ · -5

Oshae Brissett

20′ · -6

T.J. McConnell

14′ · -3

Aaron Nesmith

25′ · +17

Terry Taylor

5′ · +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. ORL and IND.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Orlando Magic

Bamba, Bol, Okeke, Wagner, and Suggs played 11.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Schofield, Hampton, Wagner, Houstan, and Ross played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Bamba, Hampton, Wagner, Houstan, and Ross played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Indiana Pacers

Turner, Hield, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Smith played 14.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Turner, Brissett, Nesmith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Turner, Hield, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Mathurin played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Orlando Magic

Bamba, Bol, Okeke, Hampton, and Suggs played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Bamba, Bol, Hampton, Wagner, and Suggs played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Bamba, Bol, Okeke, Suggs, and Ross played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Bol, Okeke, Schofield, Suggs, and Ross played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Bamba, Bol, Hampton, Suggs, and Ross played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Bol, Hampton, Harris, Suggs, and Houstan played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Okeke, Schofield, Wagner, Houstan, and Ross played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bamba, Bol, Schofield, Wagner, and Ross played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Bamba, Hampton, Harris, Suggs, and Houstan played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Indiana Pacers

Turner, Hield, Haliburton, Smith, and Mathurin played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brissett, Nesmith, Jackson, Mathurin, and McConnell played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Hield, Haliburton, Nesmith, Smith, and Taylor played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Brissett, Nesmith, Taylor, Mathurin, and McConnell played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Turner, Hield, Brissett, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Nembhard, Haliburton, Smith, Jackson, and Mathurin played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brissett, Haliburton, Nesmith, Taylor, and Mathurin played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Turner, Hield, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Smith played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Brissett, Nembhard, Jackson, Mathurin, and McConnell played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Hield, Brissett, Haliburton, Smith, and Mathurin played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Turner, Brissett, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Mathurin played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost 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.

Tyrese Haliburton covered 4.05 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Haliburton touched the ball 92 times, a game high.
Tyrese Haliburton made 69 passes, a game high.
Myles Turner had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Bol Bol	3.91	6.5	43	26
Jalen Suggs	3.85	6.4	85	67
Franz Wagner	3.83	7.0	56	34
Mo Bamba	3.59	6.1	51	31
R.J. Hampton	3.20	6.9	28	18
Chuma Okeke	3.01	6.9	28	24
Terrence Ross	2.67	6.3	27	15
Caleb Houstan	2.30	6.9	16	11
Admiral Schofield	1.69	7.2	27	22
Kevon Harris	0.42	5.7	2	1

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Haliburton	4.05	6.7	92	69
Buddy Hield	3.86	7.1	55	42
Myles Turner	3.83	6.2	58	38
Aaron Nesmith	3.25	7.1	40	27
Jalen Smith	3.01	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 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Orlando Magic

Admiral Schofield drew 0.18 charges per game over his 34 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 in the league.
Jalen Suggs deflected 2.4 passes per game over his 53 games.
He ranks 33 of 382 in the league.
Franz Wagner deflected 2.0 passes per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 65 of 382 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Myles Turner contested 10.8 shots per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 10 of 382 in the league.
Buddy Hield recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 21 of 382 in the league.
Andrew Nembhard drew 0.20 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 21 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 Indiana Pacers have won 84 of their 148 games against the Orlando Magic.

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Game context

Attendance

14.478

80.8% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

227

combined points

2.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ 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: Loose Ball · 01:07.8

Jalen Suggs → Tyrese Haliburton

Suggs (ORL) moves into Halbiurton's (IND) lower body, dislodging him from his position during the loose ball.