Brooklyn Nets – Toronto Raptors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 16 December 2022

BKN119–116TOR

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 83% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ TOR winsBKN wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Kyrie Irving decided it, the Brooklyn Nets player with the most points (32, with 3 rebounds and 5 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Yuta Watanabe's (+12). 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 Toronto Raptors 116-119 Brooklyn Nets (December 16, 2022) was hit by Kyrie Irving: a three-pointer with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Brooklyn Nets up 119-116. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Toronto Raptors 116-119 Brooklyn Nets (December 16, 2022) was a 14-0 run by the Brooklyn Nets between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 44-62 to 58-62. The Toronto Raptors' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 7:24 to 5:32), from 40-33 to 49-33.

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Play: Kyrie Irving makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Ben Simmons 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.

Kyrie Irving decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 9 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Irving 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.

16 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468588:622; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BKN

Durant · Irving · Simmons · Harris · Watanabe

Closing lineup · TOR

VanVleet · Hernangomez · Barnes · Siakam · Flynn

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BKN

Kevin Durant

37′ · +9

Kyrie Irving

35′ · +2

Royce O'Neale

32′ · -4

Ben Simmons

32′ · +7

Nic Claxton

26′ · -2

Joe Harris

23′ · -4

T.J. Warren

17′ · +3

Yuta Watanabe

21′ · +12

Edmond Sumner

4′ · -6

Seth Curry

7′ · -6

Cam Thomas

5′ · +4

TOR

Fred VanVleet

43′ · -1

Juancho Hernangomez

41′ · -1

Scottie Barnes

40′ · -7

Pascal Siakam

37′ · -9

Christian Koloko

21′ · +6

Chris Boucher

16′ · -5

Malachi Flynn

28′ · +3

Thaddeus Young

14′ · -1

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Brooklyn Nets

O'Neale, Simmons, Claxton, Durant, and Irving played 13.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simmons, Watanabe, Thomas, Durant, and Warren played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
O'Neale, Simmons, Irving, Curry, and Harris played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Toronto Raptors

Siakam, Hernangomez, VanVleet, Barnes, and Koloko played 14.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Siakam, Hernangomez, VanVleet, Flynn, and Barnes played 7.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hernangomez, VanVleet, Flynn, Barnes, and Young played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Brooklyn Nets

O'Neale, Simmons, Durant, Irving, and Warren played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Sumner, Watanabe, Durant, Harris, and Warren played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Watanabe, Claxton, Durant, Harris, and Warren played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
O'Neale, Simmons, Watanabe, Durant, and Irving played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Watanabe, Claxton, Durant, Irving, and Harris played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
O'Neale, Watanabe, Claxton, Irving, and Harris played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Claxton, Durant, Irving, Harris, and Warren played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
O'Neale, Sumner, Claxton, Curry, and Harris played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
O'Neale, Claxton, Irving, Curry, and Harris played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
O'Neale, Simmons, Watanabe, Irving, and Harris played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
O'Neale, Simmons, Irving, Harris, and Warren played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
O'Neale, Simmons, Durant, Irving, and Harris played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
O'Neale, Watanabe, Durant, Irving, and Harris played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Simmons, Watanabe, Claxton, Durant, and Irving played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Toronto Raptors

Siakam, Hernangomez, VanVleet, Boucher, and Barnes played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Siakam, Hernangomez, VanVleet, Flynn, and Koloko played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Siakam, Boucher, Flynn, Barnes, and Young played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
VanVleet, Boucher, Flynn, Barnes, and Young played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Hernangomez, Boucher, Flynn, and Young played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hernangomez, VanVleet, Flynn, Barnes, and Koloko played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Siakam, VanVleet, Boucher, Flynn, and Barnes played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Hernangomez, VanVleet, Boucher, and Koloko played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hernangomez, VanVleet, Boucher, Flynn, and Young played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 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.

Fred VanVleet covered 5.21 km, more than anyone in the game.

Fred VanVleet touched the ball 101 times, a game high.
Fred VanVleet made 68 passes, a game high.
Nic Claxton defended 12 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Nic Claxton had 15 rebound chances, a game high.

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Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kyrie Irving	4.04	6.5	54	28
Kevin Durant	3.83	5.8	57	34
Royce O'Neale	3.73	6.5	63	55
Ben Simmons	3.65	6.4	65	54
Nic Claxton	3.15	6.9	30	20
Joe Harris	2.75	6.6	20	13
Yuta Watanabe	2.64	7.0	22	13
T.J. Warren	2.11	6.9	21	14
Seth Curry	0.77	6.4	8	6
Cam Thomas	0.64	7.4	7	5
Edmond Sumner	0.55	6.7	10	7

Toronto Raptors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Fred VanVleet	5.21	6.8	101	68
Juancho Hernangomez	5.05	7.0	36	29
Scottie Barnes	4.73	6.6	72	46
Pascal Siakam	4.18	6.3	72	48
Malachi Flynn	3.52	6.9	43

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.

Brooklyn Nets

Nic Claxton contested 12.1 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 2 of 382 in the league.
Kyrie Irving recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 4 of 382 in the league.
Ben Simmons deflected 2.6 passes per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 22 of 382 in the league.

Toronto Raptors

Fred VanVleet deflected 3.8 passes per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 1 of 382 in the league.
Pascal Siakam recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 29 of 382 in the league.
Chris Boucher drew 0.13 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 40 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 Toronto Raptors have won 41 of their 66 games against the Brooklyn Nets.

41-25record of the Toronto Raptors · NBA 2012-13 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2012-13 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.800

100% of capacity

Scotiabank Arena · Toronto

Scoring

235

combined points

5.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

31 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 01:13.3

Fred VanVleet → Kevin Durant

VanVleet (TOR) initiates contact with Durant's (BKN) right forearm during his upward shooting motion and affects Durant's jump shot attempt.