Atlanta Hawks – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 13 January 2023

ATL113–111IND

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 22 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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.

↑ IND winsATL wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Trae Young decided it, the Atlanta Hawks player with the most points (26, with 2 rebounds and 11 assists; +20 with him on the floor). 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 Indiana Pacers 111-113 Atlanta Hawks (January 13, 2023) was hit by John Collins: a putback with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Atlanta Hawks up 113-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 111-113 Atlanta Hawks (January 13, 2023) was a 14-0 run by the Atlanta Hawks in the third quarter (from 10:35 to 8:31), from 55-62 to 69-62. The Indiana Pacers' best was a 12-0 run in the third quarter (from 2:49 to 21.1 s), from 74-82 to 86-82.

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Play: John Collins makes tip shot.

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.

John Collins 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 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Collins 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.

13 January 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468788:734; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ATL

Okongwu · Murray · Hunter · Collins · Johnson

Closing lineup · IND

Hield · Nembhard · Jackson · Smith · Brissett

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ATL

Onyeka Okongwu

39′ · +19

Trae Young

37′ · +20

Dejounte Murray

36′ · +7

De'Andre Hunter

34′ · +8

John Collins

27′ · -2

Bogdan Bogdanovic

27′ · -12

Jalen Johnson

14′ · -9

Aaron Holiday

11′ · -4

AJ Griffin

14′ · -17

IND

Bennedict Mathurin

39′ · +13

Buddy Hield

38′ · -7

Andrew Nembhard

34′ · 0

Isaiah Jackson

28′ · -17

Chris Duarte

26′ · -24

T.J. McConnell

24′ · +5

Jalen Smith

20′ · +17

Oshae Brissett

31′ · +3

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Atlanta Hawks

Murray, Collins, Young, Hunter, and Okongwu played 16.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 20 points.
Murray, Young, Hunter, Okongwu, and Bogdanovic played 7.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Murray, Collins, Johnson, Griffin, and Bogdanovic played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Indiana Pacers

Hield, Nembhard, Duarte, Jackson, and Mathurin played 12.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 14 points.
Hield, Brissett, Duarte, Jackson, and McConnell played 7.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Brissett, Nembhard, Smith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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Atlanta Hawks

Holiday, Young, Okongwu, Johnson, and Bogdanovic played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Holiday, Young, Hunter, Okongwu, and Griffin played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Murray, Okongwu, Johnson, Griffin, and Bogdanovic played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Collins, Holiday, Young, Johnson, and Bogdanovic played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Murray, Collins, Hunter, Griffin, and Bogdanovic played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Murray, Collins, Hunter, Okongwu, and Bogdanovic played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Holiday, Young, Hunter, Okongwu, and Bogdanovic played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Murray, Young, Hunter, Okongwu, and Griffin played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Indiana Pacers

Hield, Brissett, Nembhard, Jackson, and Mathurin played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hield, Nembhard, Smith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Hield, Brissett, Nembhard, Smith, and Mathurin played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Brissett, Nembhard, Smith, Duarte, and Mathurin played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Brissett, Smith, Duarte, Mathurin, and McConnell played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hield, Brissett, Jackson, Mathurin, and McConnell played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hield, Brissett, Smith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Hield, Brissett, Smith, Duarte, and McConnell 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.

Buddy Hield covered 4.76 km, more than anyone in the game.

Trae Young touched the ball 86 times, a game high.
Andrew Nembhard made 63 passes, a game high.
John Collins defended 13 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 9.
Onyeka Okongwu had 32 rebound chances, a game high.

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Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Onyeka Okongwu	4.54	6.4	52	36
Dejounte Murray	4.36	6.8	62	41
Trae Young	4.07	6.2	86	60
De'Andre Hunter	3.99	6.5	51	30
Bogdan Bogdanović	3.22	6.6	43	29
John Collins	3.17	6.5	34	21
AJ Griffin	1.98	7.8	22	12
Jalen Johnson	1.79	7.0	24	18
Aaron Holiday	1.46	7.3	14	11

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Buddy Hield	4.76	7.0	75	56
Bennedict Mathurin	4.68	6.7	58	33
Andrew Nembhard	4.10	6.7	82	63
Oshae Brissett	3.89	6.9	44	31
Chris Duarte	3.28	7.2	37

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.

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.

Indiana Pacers

Buddy Hield recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 21 of 382 in the league.
Andrew Nembhard drew 0.20 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 21 of 382 in the league.
T.J. McConnell recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 25 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 Indiana Pacers have won 121 of their 245 games against the Atlanta Hawks.

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Game context

Attendance

16.071

89.7% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

224

combined points

5.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

24 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 01:42

De'Andre Hunter → Bennedict Mathurin

Hunter (ATL) swipes down and makes contact with Mathurin's (IND) right wrist as he pulls it away from the ball, which affects his ability to gather.