Charlotte Hornets – Los Angeles Lakers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 December 2022

CHA134–130LAL

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 87% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 19 times

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↑ LAL winsCHA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

P.J. Washington decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (24, with 5 rebounds and 4 assists; -9 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Nick Richards's (+17). 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 Los Angeles Lakers 130-134 Charlotte Hornets (December 23, 2022) was hit by Gordon Hayward: a layup with 6.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 132-130. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Los Angeles Lakers 130-134 Charlotte Hornets (December 23, 2022) was a 11-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third quarter (from 6:09 to 3:46), from 72-88 to 83-88. The Charlotte Hornets' best was a 10-0 run in the third quarter (from 11:36 to 9:17), from 67-67 to 77-67.

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Play: Gordon Hayward makes layup.

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.

Gordon Hayward decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Hayward 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.

23 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468647:676; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHA

Rozier · Ball · Hayward · Washington · Oubre

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Beverley · Schroder · Reaves · Westbrook

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CHA

Terry Rozier

38′ · -7

LaMelo Ball

37′ · 0

Gordon Hayward

31′ · +14

P.J. Washington

31′ · -9

Mason Plumlee

31′ · -2

Kelly Oubre Jr.

31′ · -10

Theo Maledon

11′ · +4

Jalen McDaniels

19′ · +13

Nick Richards

12′ · +17

LAL

LeBron James

34′ · -6

Thomas Bryant

33′ · +11

Patrick Beverley

30′ · -8

Dennis Schroder

27′ · -8

Lonnie Walker IV

27′ · +8

Austin Reaves

29′ · +3

Russell Westbrook

25′ · +8

Wenyen Gabriel

16′ · -6

Max Christie

10′ · -11

Troy Brown Jr.

9′ · -11

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Charlotte Hornets

Rozier, Washington, Ball, Hayward, and Plumlee played 13.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Oubre, Rozier, Washington, Ball, and Plumlee played 11.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Oubre, McDaniels, Ball, Richards, and Hayward played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Bryant, Walker, Beverley, Schroder, and James played 15.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Brown, Gabriel, Reaves, Christie, and Westbrook played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Bryant, Reaves, Beverley, Schroder, and James played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Charlotte Hornets

Oubre, Rozier, Washington, Ball, and Hayward played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Oubre, McDaniels, Maledon, Richards, and Hayward played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Rozier, McDaniels, Maledon, Richards, and Hayward played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Oubre, McDaniels, Ball, Hayward, and Plumlee played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Rozier, Washington, McDaniels, Maledon, and Hayward played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Oubre, Rozier, McDaniels, Maledon, and Richards played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Oubre, Rozier, McDaniels, Ball, and Plumlee played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Oubre, Rozier, McDaniels, Maledon, and Plumlee played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Oubre, Rozier, Washington, Maledon, and Plumlee played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Los Angeles Lakers

Bryant, Walker, Christie, Beverley, and Schroder played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Reaves, Westbrook, Beverley, Schroder, and James played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Bryant, Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, and James played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Bryant, Walker, Gabriel, Reaves, and Westbrook played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Bryant, Brown, Gabriel, Reaves, and Westbrook played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, Beverley, and James played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Bryant, Gabriel, Reaves, Westbrook, and James played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Gabriel, Reaves, Christie, Westbrook, and James played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Gabriel, Reaves, Westbrook, Beverley, and James played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Gabriel, Reaves, Westbrook, and James played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 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.

This is how the NBA's cameras measured the players in this game.

LaMelo Ball touched the ball 97 times, a game high.
LaMelo Ball made 65 passes, a game high.
Thomas Bryant defended 12 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Thomas Bryant had 24 rebound chances, a game high.

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Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Terry Rozier	4.75	7.0	64	43
LaMelo Ball	4.75	7.1	97	65
Gordon Hayward	3.80	6.7	48	36
P.J. Washington	3.78	6.8	48	31
Mason Plumlee	3.72	6.9	47	37
Kelly Oubre Jr.	3.65	6.6	36	19
Jalen McDaniels	2.28	6.7	26	17
Nick Richards	1.56	6.9	15	11
Theo Maledon	1.38	7.0	20	14

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Thomas Bryant	3.77	6.4	46	35
Patrick Beverley	3.65	6.8	40	31
LeBron James	3.60	5.9	77	46
Austin Reaves	3.51	6.7	49	33
Lonnie Walker IV	3.31	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.

Charlotte Hornets

Kelly Oubre Jr. deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 7 of 382 in the league.
LaMelo Ball recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 36 games.
He ranks 11 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.

Los Angeles Lakers

Patrick Beverley drew 0.31 charges per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 8 of 382 in the league.
Austin Reaves drew 0.30 charges per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
LeBron James drew 0.15 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 34 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 Los Angeles Lakers have won 23 of their 42 games against the Charlotte Hornets.

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Game context

Attendance

18.997

100% of capacity

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Scoring

264

combined points

34.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

35 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 00:15.3

Russell Westbrook → Hornets

Westbrook (LAL) is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:09.0

LeBron James → Hornets

James (LAL) fails to fully clear the lane and is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.