Houston Rockets – Los Angeles Lakers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 19 November 2023

HOU104–105LAL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 92% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 27 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.

↑ LAL winsHOU wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

LeBron James decided it, the Los Angeles Lakers player with the most points (37, with 6 rebounds and 8 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Cam Reddish's (+13). 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 105-104 Houston Rockets (November 19, 2023) was hit by LeBron James: a free throw with 1.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Los Angeles Lakers up 105-104. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Los Angeles Lakers 105-104 Houston Rockets (November 19, 2023) was a 9-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 17-28 to 26-28. The Houston Rockets' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 8:52 to 7:56), from 4-11 to 12-11.

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Play: LeBron James 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.

LeBron James decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 21 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games James 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 November 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401584844:686; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

Brooks · VanVleet · Smith · Green · Sengun

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Reddish · Prince · Hachimura · Reaves

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HOU

Dillon Brooks

41′ · +3

Fred VanVleet

40′ · +4

Jabari Smith Jr.

32′ · -5

Jalen Green

31′ · +3

Alperen Sengun

31′ · +21

Jae'Sean Tate

16′ · +6

Aaron Holiday

15′ · +2

Tari Eason

17′ · -18

Jeff Green

14′ · -15

Jock Landale

4′ · -6

LAL

LeBron James

40′ · +2

Cam Reddish

39′ · +13

Anthony Davis

33′ · -8

Taurean Prince

24′ · -6

D'Angelo Russell

24′ · -7

Rui Hachimura

32′ · -2

Austin Reaves

25′ · +9

Christian Wood

18′ · +8

Jaxson Hayes

5′ · -4

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Sengun, and Smith played 16.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 13 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Sengun, Smith, and Eason played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
VanVleet, Brooks, Smith, Eason, and Green played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Prince, Reddish, Davis, and James played 11.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Hachimura, Reddish, Reaves, Davis, and James played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Wood, Hachimura, Reddish, Reaves, and James played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 13 points.

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Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Landale, Green, and Smith played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Holiday, Green, Tate, Eason, and Green played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Brooks, Holiday, Green, Tate, and Sengun played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
VanVleet, Brooks, Holiday, Tate, and Green played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
VanVleet, Holiday, Tate, Eason, and Green played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Holiday, Tate, and Sengun played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Brooks, Holiday, Green, Eason, and Green played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
VanVleet, Green, Tate, Sengun, and Smith played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Tate, and Sengun played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Wood, Hachimura, Reddish, Reaves, and Davis played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Wood, Prince, Hachimura, Reaves, and James played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Prince, Hachimura, Davis, and James played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.
Wood, Hachimura, Reddish, Hayes, and Reaves played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Russell, Hachimura, Reddish, Davis, and James played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Russell, Hachimura, Reddish, Hayes, and James played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Russell, Prince, Hachimura, Reddish, and Davis played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Wood, Prince, Davis, and James played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Russell, Prince, Reaves, Davis, and James played 1.2 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.

Cam Reddish covered 4.81 km, more than anyone in the game.

Fred VanVleet touched the ball 104 times, a game high.
Fred VanVleet made 81 passes, a game high.
Anthony Davis had 16 rebound chances, a game high.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Dillon Brooks	4.73	6.6	59	35
Fred VanVleet	4.70	6.6	104	81
Jalen Green	3.88	7.0	59	41
Jabari Smith Jr.	3.86	6.9	44	29
Alperen Sengun	3.31	6.1	57	37
Jae'Sean Tate	2.01	7.0	14	11
Tari Eason	1.98	6.5	14	12
Aaron Holiday	1.91	7.1	19	15
Jeff Green	1.53	6.2	20	14
Jock Landale	0.43	6.8	7	6

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Cam Reddish	4.81	6.9	39	27
LeBron James	4.04	5.8	83	56
Rui Hachimura	3.83	6.7	40	22
Anthony Davis	3.52	6.0	73	50
Austin Reaves	2.90	6.4	69

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.

Houston Rockets

Fred VanVleet deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 7 of 373 in the league.
Alperen Sengun contested 9.2 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 15 of 373 in the league.
Jae'Sean Tate drew 0.16 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 19 of 373 in the league.

Los Angeles Lakers

Anthony Davis contested 11.2 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 5 of 373 in the league.
Austin Reaves recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 11 of 373 in the league.
Taurean Prince drew 0.14 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 27 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 Los Angeles Lakers have won 157 of their 261 games against the Houston Rockets.

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Game context

Attendance

18.997

100% of capacity

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Scoring

209

combined points

19.4 below the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

24 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors