Golden State Warriors – Oklahoma City Thunder · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 3 November 2023

GSW141–139OKC

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 24 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.

↑ OKC winsGSW wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Stephen Curry decided it, the Golden State Warriors player with the most points (30, with 8 rebounds and 7 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Gary Payton II's (+9). 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 Oklahoma City Thunder 139-141 Golden State Warriors (November 3, 2023) was hit by Stephen Curry: a layup with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Golden State Warriors up 141-139. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Oklahoma City Thunder 139-141 Golden State Warriors (November 3, 2023) was a 9-0 run by the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter (from 2:45 to 1:38), from 27-27 to 36-27. The Oklahoma City Thunder' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:58 to 3:15), from 52-60 to 60-60.

What were the keys of the last Oklahoma City Thunder vs Golden State Warriors game?

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Play: Stephen Curry makes driving 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.

Stephen Curry decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of 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 Curry 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.

3 November 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401584093:738; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · GSW

Curry · Green · Paul · Payton · Moody

Closing lineup · OKC

Wallace · Holmgren · Giddey · Dort · Wiggins

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GSW

Klay Thompson

33′ · 0

Stephen Curry

31′ · +5

Draymond Green

29′ · -1

Andrew Wiggins

27′ · -14

Kevon Looney

11′ · -5

Dario Saric

20′ · +3

Chris Paul

28′ · +6

Jonathan Kuminga

22′ · +3

Gary Payton II

22′ · +9

Moses Moody

18′ · +4

OKC

Cason Wallace

36′ · +4

Jalen Williams

35′ · 0

Chet Holmgren

32′ · -1

Josh Giddey

31′ · +4

Luguentz Dort

30′ · -5

Isaiah Joe

26′ · -2

Jaylin Williams

15′ · -2

Aaron Wiggins

17′ · -3

Vasilije Micic

12′ · -2

Ousmane Dieng

5′ · -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. GSW and OKC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

Paul, Payton, Kuminga, Moody, and Saric played 10.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Looney, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Wiggins played 9.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Paul, Payton, Curry, Thompson, and Green played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Dort, Giddey, Holmgren, Williams, and Wallace played 17.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Dort, Joe, Williams, Williams, and Wallace played 7.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Joe, Wiggins, Williams, Williams, and Micic played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Golden State Warriors

Moody, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Wiggins played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Wiggins played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Kuminga, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Wiggins played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Paul, Kuminga, Moody, Wiggins, and Saric played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Payton, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Saric played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Kuminga, Curry, Thompson, and Saric played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Paul, Payton, Kuminga, Curry, and Saric played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Kuminga, Thompson, Wiggins, and Saric played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Joe, Giddey, Wiggins, Holmgren, and Wallace played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Joe, Wiggins, Williams, Dieng, and Micic played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Dort, Joe, Giddey, Holmgren, and Wallace played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Giddey, Wiggins, Holmgren, Dieng, and Micic played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Joe, Giddey, Holmgren, Williams, and Wallace played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Dort, Joe, Holmgren, Williams, and Wallace played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Giddey, Wiggins, Holmgren, Wallace, and Micic 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.

Cason Wallace covered 4.75 km, more than anyone in the game.

Chet Holmgren made 57 passes, a game high.
Chet Holmgren defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Chet Holmgren had 13 rebound chances, a game high.

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Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Klay Thompson	3.91	6.5	39	27
Stephen Curry	3.72	6.4	76	52
Draymond Green	3.31	6.1	59	46
Andrew Wiggins	3.17	6.4	41	24
Chris Paul	2.96	6.1	61	51
Jonathan Kuminga	2.93	7.6	39	21
Gary Payton II	2.80	7.5	25	18
Dario Saric	2.33	6.7	47	33
Moses Moody	2.28	7.1	18	10
Kevon Looney	1.38	5.9	28	24

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Cason Wallace	4.75	6.8	28	17
Jalen Williams	4.60	6.8	72	50
Luguentz Dort	3.88	6.7	38	22
Chet Holmgren	3.88	6.5	77	57
Josh Giddey	3.75	6.6	77

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 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Golden State Warriors

Draymond Green drew 0.38 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 3 of 373 in the league.
Moses Moody drew 0.15 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 23 of 373 in the league.
Stephen Curry drew 0.09 charges per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 47 of 373 in the league.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Chet Holmgren contested 11.6 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 4 of 373 in the league.
Jaylin Williams drew 0.28 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 6 of 373 in the league.
Isaiah Joe drew 0.24 charges per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 10 of 373 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 Oklahoma City Thunder have won 34 of their 70 games against the Golden State Warriors.

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Game context

Attendance

16.827

92.4% of capacity

Paycom Center · Oklahoma City

Scoring

280

combined points

51.6 above the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

14 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Palming · 01:12.4

Josh Giddey → Warriors

Giddey (OKC) brings his left hand underneath the ball before resuming his dribble.