Sacramento Kings – Chicago Bulls · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 15 March 2023

SAC117–114CHI

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 98% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 29 times

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.

↑ CHI winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

De'Aaron Fox decided it, the Sacramento Kings player with the most points (32, with 3 rebounds and 1 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Kevin Huerter's (+26). 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 Chicago Bulls 114-117 Sacramento Kings (March 15, 2023) was hit by De'Aaron Fox: a three-pointer with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Sacramento Kings up 117-114. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Chicago Bulls 114-117 Sacramento Kings (March 15, 2023) was a 11-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the first quarter (from 4:19 to 2:13), from 15-15 to 26-15. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 8:56 to 7:18), from 29-45 to 38-45.

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Play: De'Aaron Fox makes 26-foot three pointer.

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.

De'Aaron Fox 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 Fox 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.

15 March 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401469192:727; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAC

Sabonis · Barnes · Fox · Huerter · Monk

Closing lineup · CHI

DeRozan · LaVine · Vucevic · Dosunmu · Williams

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SAC

Domantas Sabonis

40′ · +10

Harrison Barnes

36′ · +13

De'Aaron Fox

33′ · +5

Keegan Murray

30′ · +4

Kevin Huerter

28′ · +26

Davion Mitchell

15′ · -5

Malik Monk

24′ · -5

Kessler Edwards

18′ · -22

Chimezie Metu

8′ · -4

Alex Len

5′ · -5

Terence Davis

5′ · -2

CHI

DeMar DeRozan

40′ · -11

Zach LaVine

36′ · -3

Nikola Vucevic

35′ · -8

Patrick Beverley

29′ · -8

Ayo Dosunmu

28′ · -4

Coby White

28′ · +5

Patrick Williams

25′ · +13

Andre Drummond

13′ · +6

Dalen Terry

7′ · -5

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Fox, Huerter, Murray, and Barnes played 14.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 13 points.
Sabonis, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Barnes played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Fox, Monk, Metu, Edwards, and Murray played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Chicago Bulls

Dosunmu, DeRozan, Beverley, Vucevic, and LaVine played 17.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
White, Williams, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Drummond played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
White, DeRozan, Beverley, Vucevic, and LaVine played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

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Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Monk, Edwards, Mitchell, and Murray played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Sabonis, Huerter, Mitchell, Murray, and Barnes played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Sabonis, Davis, Mitchell, Murray, and Barnes played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Fox, Monk, Metu, Edwards, and Len played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Metu, Edwards, and Mitchell played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Sabonis, Fox, Huerter, Edwards, and Barnes played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Huerter, Mitchell, and Barnes played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Sabonis, Fox, Monk, Murray, and Barnes played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Davis, Edwards, Mitchell, Barnes, and Len played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Sabonis, Fox, Monk, Edwards, and Murray played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Edwards, Mitchell, and Barnes played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Chicago Bulls

White, Williams, Beverley, Vucevic, and LaVine played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
White, Williams, Terry, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
White, Williams, DeRozan, Vucevic, and LaVine played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
White, Williams, Terry, Drummond, and LaVine played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Williams, Dosunmu, DeRozan, Drummond, and LaVine played 1.5 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.

Domantas Sabonis covered 4.83 km, more than anyone in the game.

Domantas Sabonis touched the ball 85 times, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis made 68 passes, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis had 28 rebound chances, a game high.

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Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Domantas Sabonis	4.83	6.8	85	68
Harrison Barnes	4.14	6.5	42	25
De'Aaron Fox	3.97	6.7	73	46
Keegan Murray	3.73	7.1	32	20
Kevin Huerter	3.54	7.2	36	25
Malik Monk	2.86	6.7	45	30
Kessler Edwards	2.38	7.4	17	12
Davion Mitchell	1.96	7.3	29	23
Chimezie Metu	0.95	6.7	14	8
Alex Len	0.63	7.6	8	6
Terence Davis	0.60	7.6	9	8

Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Zach LaVine	4.41	6.9	81	50
DeMar DeRozan	4.34	6.1	66	37
Nikola Vučević	4.04	6.5	78	53
Patrick Beverley	3.64	7.1	67	57
Ayo Dosunmu	3.46	7.1	30	23

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.

Sacramento Kings

De'Aaron Fox deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 18 of 382 in the league.
Domantas Sabonis contested 9.5 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 18 of 382 in the league.
Davion Mitchell drew 0.19 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 23 of 382 in the league.

Chicago Bulls

Patrick Beverley drew 0.31 charges per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 8 of 382 in the league.
DeMar DeRozan drew 0.18 charges per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 in the league.
Nikola Vučević contested 8.2 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 29 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 Chicago Bulls have won 40 of their 80 games against the Sacramento Kings.

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Game context

Attendance

21.886

104.6% of capacity

United Center · Chicago

Scoring

231

combined points

1.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

17 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 01:00.2

Domantas Sabonis → DeMar DeRozan

Sabonis (SAC) initiates contact with DeRozan's (CHI) arm during the drive, that affects DeRozan's ability to gather the ball. A personal foul should have been assessed.