Orlando Magic – Atlanta Hawks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 19 December 2022

ORL125–126ATL

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It was more exciting than 50% of NBA games since 2017

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.

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

This is how the game was decided.

Trae Young decided it, the Atlanta Hawks player with the most points (37, with 3 rebounds and 13 assists; +4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was AJ Griffin's (+15). 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 Atlanta Hawks 126-125 Orlando Magic (December 19, 2022) was hit by Dejounte Murray: a free throw with 1.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Atlanta Hawks up 126-125. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Atlanta Hawks 126-125 Orlando Magic (December 19, 2022) was a 13-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the fourth quarter (from 3:03 to 3.1 s), from 112-124 to 125-124. The Atlanta Hawks' best was a 11-0 run in the first quarter (from 6:14 to 4:55), from 10-14 to 21-14.

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Play: Dejounte Murray 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.

Dejounte Murray decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Murray 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 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468609:667; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Orlando Magic

Moritz Wagner drew 0.30 charges per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
Markelle Fultz recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 17 of 382 in the league.
Admiral Schofield drew 0.18 charges per game over his 34 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 in the league.

Atlanta Hawks

Dejounte Murray deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
John Collins drew 0.20 charges per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 21 of 382 in the league.
Onyeka Okongwu contested 8.1 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 31 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 Atlanta Hawks have won 83 of their 158 games against the Orlando Magic.

83-75record of the Atlanta Hawks · NBA 1989-90 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1989-90 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

17.809

104.5% of capacity

State Farm Arena · Atlanta

Scoring

251

combined points

21.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

29 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Stoppage: Out-of-Bounds · 00:54.0

Bogdan Bogdanovic → Magic

Possession is awarded to Orlando after Bogdanovic (ATL) deflects the pass along the sideline. However, the ball never touches the boundary line and play should have remained live.

Foul: Offensive · 00:54.0

Moritz Wagner → De'Andre Hunter

Wagner (ORL) establishes himself in a wide screening position and initiates foot contact with Hunter (ATL) that causes him to trip.