Golden State Warriors – Utah Jazz · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 7 December 2022

GSW123–124UTA

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 92% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times

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↑ UTA winsGSW wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Jordan Clarkson decided it, the Utah Jazz player with the most points (22, with 4 rebounds and 9 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Collin Sexton's (+6). 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 Utah Jazz 124-123 Golden State Warriors (December 7, 2022) was hit by Simone Fontecchio: a dunk with 1.4 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Utah Jazz up 124-123. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Utah Jazz 124-123 Golden State Warriors (December 7, 2022) was a 11-0 run by the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter (from 7:47 to 6:22), from 7-14 to 18-14. The Utah Jazz' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 6:52 to 5:01), from 76-78 to 85-78.

What were the keys of the last Utah Jazz vs Golden State Warriors game?

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Play: Simone Fontecchio makes 3-foot dunk (Malik Beasley assists).

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.

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

His profile shows the games Fontecchio 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.

7 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468527:686; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · GSW

Poole · Thompson · Jerome · DiVincenzo · Moody

Closing lineup · UTA

Beasley · Olynyk · Alexander-Walker · Fontecchio · Agbaji

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GSW

Jordan Poole

37′ · +4

Klay Thompson

36′ · -7

Kevon Looney

29′ · +10

Ty Jerome

24′ · -8

JaMychal Green

17′ · -4

Jonathan Kuminga

30′ · +8

Donte DiVincenzo

28′ · -7

Anthony Lamb

16′ · -9

Moses Moody

19′ · +12

James Wiseman

5′ · -3

UTA

Jordan Clarkson

37′ · +2

Malik Beasley

34′ · +6

Kelly Olynyk

30′ · -1

Collin Sexton

27′ · +6

Walker Kessler

24′ · 0

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

29′ · -11

Jarred Vanderbilt

24′ · -3

Simone Fontecchio

20′ · +4

Rudy Gay

15′ · -2

Ochai Agbaji

0′ · +4

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

Looney, Jerome, Poole, Thompson, and Green played 11.6 minutes together.
DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, Lamb, and Moody played 5.9 minutes together.
Looney, Poole, Kuminga, Moody, and Thompson played 5.8 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Golden State Warriors lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Utah Jazz

Beasley, Sexton, Kessler, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 14.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Vanderbilt, Alexander-Walker, Fontecchio, Gay, and Clarkson played 9.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Alexander-Walker, Kessler, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.

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Golden State Warriors

DiVincenzo, Jerome, Wiseman, Lamb, and Thompson played 5.0 minutes together.
DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, Lamb, and Thompson played 4.5 minutes together.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Jerome, Kuminga, and Thompson played 4.4 minutes together.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, and Thompson played 1.8 minutes together.
DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, Moody, and Green played 1.8 minutes together.
Looney, Poole, Kuminga, Moody, and Green played 1.6 minutes together.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Jerome, Kuminga, and Moody played 1.1 minutes together.
Looney, DiVincenzo, Poole, Kuminga, and Moody played 1.1 minutes together.

Utah Jazz

Sexton, Vanderbilt, Alexander-Walker, Fontecchio, and Gay played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Beasley, Sexton, Vanderbilt, Fontecchio, and Clarkson played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Beasley, Vanderbilt, Alexander-Walker, Fontecchio, and Olynyk played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Vanderbilt, Alexander-Walker, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Sexton, Alexander-Walker, Kessler, and Olynyk played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Sexton, Vanderbilt, Alexander-Walker, and Olynyk played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Beasley, Sexton, Kessler, Gay, and Clarkson played 1.3 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.

Jordan Clarkson covered 4.79 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jordan Poole touched the ball 74 times, a game high.
Donte DiVincenzo made 48 passes, a game high.
Kelly Olynyk defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 2.
Walker Kessler had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Klay Thompson	4.36	6.8	48	20
Jordan Poole	4.22	6.4	74	37
Jonathan Kuminga	3.65	6.9	42	27
Donte DiVincenzo	3.52	7.0	56	48
Kevon Looney	3.20	6.1	53	46
Ty Jerome	2.67	6.4	51	43
Moses Moody	2.17	6.3	12	8
Anthony Lamb	2.04	7.2	29	19
JaMychal Green	2.01	6.7	25	18
James Wiseman	0.66	7.7	13	10

Utah Jazz

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jordan Clarkson	4.79	7.2	67	42
Malik Beasley	3.96	6.4	57	39
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	3.72	7.2	56	47
Kelly Olynyk	3.59	6.6	63	45
Collin Sexton	3.09	6.5	60

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.

Golden State Warriors

Kevon Looney contested 9.4 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 20 of 382 in the league.
Donte DiVincenzo deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 29 of 382 in the league.
James Wiseman contested 6.9 shots per game over his 44 games.
He ranks 50 of 382 in the league.

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.
Kelly Olynyk drew 0.18 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 in the league.
Jarred Vanderbilt deflected 2.2 passes per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 44 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 Utah Jazz have won 66 of their 120 games against the Golden State Warriors.

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Game context

Attendance

18.206

99.5% of capacity

Delta Center · Salt Lake City

Scoring

247

combined points

17.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

39 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 01:21.4

Jonathan Kuminga → Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Kuminga (GSW) establishes a wide screening position in Alexander-Walker's (UTA) path and contact occurs to his leg.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:50

Kelly Olynyk → Warriors

Olynyk (UTA) gathers the ball and lands on both feel. He moves his right foot, which establishes his left as his pivot. After pivoting, he steps forward with his left (pivot) foot before taking his shot.