LA Clippers – Charlotte Hornets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 December 2022

LAC119–117CHA

Is it worth watching?

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 17 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.

↑ CHA winsLAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Paul George decided it, the LA Clippers player with the most points (19, with 3 rebounds and 7 assists; -8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Nicolas Batum's (+23). 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 Charlotte Hornets 117-119 LA Clippers (December 5, 2022) was hit by Kawhi Leonard: a jump shot with 1.4 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the LA Clippers up 119-117. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Charlotte Hornets 117-119 LA Clippers (December 5, 2022) was a 12-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the third quarter (from 6:23 to 4:16), from 68-71 to 80-71. The LA Clippers' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 4:01 to 2:57), from 71-80 to 80-80.

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Play: Kawhi Leonard makes 18-foot step back jumpshot.

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.

Kawhi Leonard decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 11 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Leonard 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.

5 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468507:666; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAC

Zubac · George · Leonard · Batum · Mann

Closing lineup · CHA

Oubre · Rozier · Washington · McDaniels · Plumlee

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LAC

Reggie Jackson

32′ · -10

Marcus Morris Sr.

30′ · -15

Ivica Zubac

29′ · -19

Paul George

28′ · -8

Kawhi Leonard

28′ · -8

John Wall

27′ · +14

Luke Kennard

20′ · +10

Nicolas Batum

20′ · +23

Terance Mann

15′ · +15

Moses Brown

10′ · +8

CHA

Kelly Oubre Jr.

40′ · -2

Terry Rozier

38′ · +7

P.J. Washington

34′ · +12

Jalen McDaniels

34′ · +12

Mason Plumlee

28′ · +14

Theo Maledon

15′ · -4

Nick Richards

20′ · -16

Bryce McGowens

17′ · -19

Kai Jones

14′ · -14

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 CHA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

LA Clippers

Zubac, George, Morris, Leonard, and Jackson played 17.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 19 points.
Kennard, Mann, Brown, Batum, and Wall played 9.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Zubac, Kennard, Wall, Morris, and Jackson played 7.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Charlotte Hornets

Oubre, Rozier, Washington, McDaniels, and Plumlee played 23.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 21 points.
Oubre, Rozier, Richards, Jones, and McGowens played 8.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 19 points.
Rozier, Maledon, Richards, Jones, and McGowens played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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LA Clippers

Mann, Batum, Wall, George, and Leonard played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Zubac, Kennard, Batum, Wall, and Jackson played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wall, George, Morris, Leonard, and Jackson played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Batum, George, Morris, Leonard, and Jackson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Zubac, Batum, George, Morris, and Leonard played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Charlotte Hornets

Oubre, Washington, McDaniels, Maledon, and Plumlee played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Oubre, Washington, McDaniels, Maledon, and Richards played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Washington, McDaniels, Maledon, Richards, and McGowens played 3.1 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.

Kelly Oubre Jr. covered 4.70 km, more than anyone in the game.

Terry Rozier touched the ball 101 times, a game high.
Terry Rozier made 69 passes, a game high.
Nick Richards defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Mason Plumlee had 24 rebound chances, a game high.

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LA Clippers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Reggie Jackson	3.75	6.6	62	48
Marcus Morris Sr.	3.31	6.1	40	27
Paul George	3.30	6.7	50	31
Kawhi Leonard	3.28	6.6	44	27
Ivica Zubac	3.27	6.4	36	28
John Wall	2.82	5.9	71	51
Luke Kennard	2.49	6.9	26	19
Nicolas Batum	2.46	6.7	31	24
Terance Mann	1.95	7.0	18	11
Moses Brown	1.22	6.8	14	8

Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kelly Oubre Jr.	4.70	6.6	58	29
Terry Rozier	4.55	6.8	101	69
Jalen McDaniels	4.20	6.9	47	36
P.J. Washington	4.18	6.9	62	38
Mason Plumlee	3.28	6.6	47

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.

LA Clippers

Ivica Zubac contested 11.4 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 3 of 382 in the league.
Paul George deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 4 of 382 in the league.
Kawhi Leonard deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 15 of 382 in the league.

Charlotte Hornets

Kelly Oubre Jr. deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 7 of 382 in the league.
Terry Rozier recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 in the league.
Nick Richards defended 5.0 shots at the rim per game over his 65 games, and opponents made 8 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 15 of 149 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 Charlotte Hornets have won 7 of their 42 games against the LA Clippers.

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Game context

Attendance

13.945

73.1% of capacity

Spectrum Center · Charlotte

Scoring

236

combined points

6.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

28 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:37

Marcus Morris → Hornets

Morris Sr. (LAC) is in the paint for longer than three seconds without actively guarding an opponent before the shot is imminent.