Sacramento Kings – Milwaukee Bucks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 14 January 2024

SAC142–143MIL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

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

· The win probability swung between the two teams 33 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.

↑ MIL winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Damian Lillard decided it, the Milwaukee Bucks player with the most points (29, with 4 rebounds and 8 assists; -6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Bobby Portis's (+10). 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 Milwaukee Bucks 143-142 Sacramento Kings (January 14, 2024) was hit by Damian Lillard: a three-pointer with 1.1 s left in overtime, putting the Milwaukee Bucks up 143-142. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Milwaukee Bucks 143-142 Sacramento Kings (January 14, 2024) was a 9-0 run by the Milwaukee Bucks in the third quarter (from 2:11 to 8.0 s), from 86-88 to 95-88. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 8-0 run between the fourth quarter and overtime, from 126-128 to 134-128.

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Play: Damian Lillard makes 32-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.

Damian Lillard decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 11 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Lillard 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.

14 January 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585180:704; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAC

Sabonis · Fox · Huerter · Monk · Lyles

Closing lineup · MIL

Beasley · Lillard · Lopez · Antetokounmpo · Connaughton

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SAC

Domantas Sabonis

45′ · +7

De'Aaron Fox

43′ · -3

Kevin Huerter

39′ · +2

Harrison Barnes

32′ · -1

Keegan Murray

19′ · +1

Malik Monk

36′ · -11

Trey Lyles

33′ · +10

Alex Len

11′ · -7

Sasha Vezenkov

6′ · -5

MIL

Malik Beasley

45′ · -1

Damian Lillard

41′ · -6

Brook Lopez

40′ · +5

Giannis Antetokounmpo

40′ · -13

Andre Jackson Jr.

10′ · +2

Bobby Portis

26′ · +10

Pat Connaughton

33′ · +5

AJ Green

18′ · -4

Cameron Payne

12′ · +7

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 MIL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Sacramento Kings

Lyles, Sabonis, Fox, Monk, and Huerter played 9.8 minutes together.
Lyles, Sabonis, Fox, Huerter, and Barnes played 9.4 minutes together.
Sabonis, Fox, Huerter, Murray, and Barnes played 6.5 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Sacramento Kings lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Milwaukee Bucks

Connaughton, Beasley, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 14.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Beasley, Jackson, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Green, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.

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Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Fox, Monk, Murray, and Barnes played 4.8 minutes together.
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Murray, and Len played 3.3 minutes together.
Lyles, Sabonis, Fox, Monk, and Murray played 3.2 minutes together.
Fox, Monk, Vezenkov, Barnes, and Len played 2.9 minutes together.
Lyles, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Len played 2.8 minutes together.
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Vezenkov, and Huerter played 2.0 minutes together.
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Huerter, and Barnes played 1.7 minutes together.
Sabonis, Monk, Huerter, Murray, and Barnes played 1.6 minutes together.
Sabonis, Monk, Vezenkov, Huerter, and Barnes played 1.5 minutes together.
Fox, Monk, Huerter, Barnes, and Len played 1.5 minutes together.
Sabonis, Fox, Monk, Huerter, and Barnes played 1.1 minutes together.

Milwaukee Bucks

Portis, Connaughton, Beasley, Lopez, and Lillard played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Payne, Portis, Connaughton, Green, and Antetokounmpo played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Payne, Portis, Connaughton, Beasley, and Lopez played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Payne, Portis, Connaughton, Beasley, and Antetokounmpo played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Green, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Portis, Connaughton, Beasley, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Portis, Beasley, Jackson, Lopez, and Lillard played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Payne, Portis, Beasley, Green, and Lopez played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Portis, Beasley, Green, Lopez, and Lillard played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Portis, Beasley, Green, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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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 5.39 km, more than anyone in the game.

Domantas Sabonis touched the ball 113 times, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis made 97 passes, a game high.
Brook Lopez defended 18 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 13.
Domantas Sabonis had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

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Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Domantas Sabonis	5.39	6.7	113	97
De'Aaron Fox	5.25	6.8	102	66
Kevin Huerter	5.15	7.4	68	51
Malik Monk	4.70	7.1	95	62
Harrison Barnes	4.15	7.4	42	31
Trey Lyles	4.10	6.9	45	36
Keegan Murray	2.59	7.5	22	13
Alex Len	1.48	7.1	16	12
Sasha Vezenkov	0.90	7.9	10	6

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Malik Beasley	5.36	6.6	45	30
Damian Lillard	4.88	6.5	105	73
Giannis Antetokounmpo	4.68	6.5	94	68
Brook Lopez	4.28	5.9	50	35
Pat Connaughton	4.09	6.8	45

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.

Sacramento Kings

De'Aaron Fox deflected 3.7 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 2 of 373 in the league.
Keegan Murray drew 0.17 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 17 of 373 in the league.
Domantas Sabonis recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 22 of 373 in the league.

Milwaukee Bucks

Brook Lopez contested 15.6 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 1 of 373 in the league.
Damian Lillard deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 22 of 373 in the league.
Giannis Antetokounmpo recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 73 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 Milwaukee Bucks have won 46 of their 79 games against the Sacramento Kings.

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Game context

Attendance

17.612

101.6% of capacity

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Scoring

285

combined points

56.6 above 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