Phoenix Suns – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 26 January 2024

PHX131–133IND

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↑ IND winsPHX wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Pascal Siakam decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (31, with 7 rebounds and 4 assists; +9 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 133-131 Phoenix Suns (January 26, 2024) was hit by Obi Toppin: a layup with 3.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Indiana Pacers up 133-131. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 133-131 Phoenix Suns (January 26, 2024) was a 13-0 run by the Phoenix Suns in the first quarter (from 8:44 to 7:19), from 7-10 to 20-10. The Indiana Pacers' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 11:31 to 10:09), from 0-2 to 8-2.

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Play: Obi Toppin makes 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.

Obi Toppin decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Toppin 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.

26 January 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585264:659; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHX

Durant · Booker · Allen · Beal · Gordon

Closing lineup · IND

Nesmith · Siakam · Nembhard · Mathurin · Toppin

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PHX

Kevin Durant

39′ · -9

Devin Booker

38′ · +1

Grayson Allen

37′ · -8

Bradley Beal

34′ · -4

Jusuf Nurkic

20′ · -3

Eric Gordon

30′ · 0

Drew Eubanks

16′ · +12

Keita Bates-Diop

9′ · +7

Josh Okogie

13′ · -1

Chimezie Metu

2′ · -5

IND

Aaron Nesmith

34′ · +7

Pascal Siakam

33′ · +9

Andrew Nembhard

30′ · +7

Myles Turner

18′ · -2

Buddy Hield

14′ · -5

Bennedict Mathurin

21′ · -2

Jalen Smith

20′ · -5

T.J. McConnell

18′ · -5

Ben Sheppard

18′ · -1

Obi Toppin

33′ · +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. PHX and IND.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Phoenix Suns

Booker, Allen, Durant, Beal, and Nurkic played 10.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Booker, Allen, Durant, Gordon, and Beal played 7.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Booker, Allen, Durant, Gordon, and Nurkic played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Indiana Pacers

Toppin, Smith, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 9.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Turner, Siakam, Nembhard, Toppin, and Nesmith played 8.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Turner, Hield, Siakam, Nembhard, and Nesmith played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

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Phoenix Suns

Booker, Allen, Eubanks, Durant, and Beal played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Okogie, Eubanks, Durant, Gordon, and Beal played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Booker, Bates-Diop, Eubanks, Gordon, and Beal played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Allen, Okogie, Durant, Beal, and Nurkic played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Metu, Okogie, Durant, Gordon, and Beal played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Booker, Allen, Bates-Diop, Eubanks, and Gordon played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Allen, Bates-Diop, Okogie, and Gordon played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Allen, Okogie, Eubanks, Durant, and Gordon played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Booker, Eubanks, Durant, Gordon, and Beal played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Indiana Pacers

Siakam, Nembhard, Toppin, Nesmith, and Mathurin played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Siakam, Nembhard, Toppin, Nesmith, and Sheppard played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hield, Toppin, Smith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hield, Siakam, Nembhard, Nesmith, and Smith played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Smith, Mathurin, Sheppard, and McConnell played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hield, Toppin, Nesmith, Smith, and McConnell played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Turner, Toppin, Nesmith, Sheppard, and McConnell played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Nembhard, Nesmith, Smith, and Mathurin played 1.4 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.

Grayson Allen covered 4.68 km, more than anyone in the game.

Andrew Nembhard touched the ball 94 times, a game high.
Andrew Nembhard made 76 passes, a game high.
Kevin Durant defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Obi Toppin had 16 rebound chances, a game high.

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Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Grayson Allen	4.68	7.0	52	43
Devin Booker	4.51	6.5	78	32
Kevin Durant	4.31	6.2	78	57
Bradley Beal	4.26	6.9	67	46
Eric Gordon	3.28	6.0	28	16
Jusuf Nurkić	2.51	7.0	36	32
Drew Eubanks	1.98	6.9	15	11
Josh Okogie	1.77	7.4	15	14
Keita Bates-Diop	1.13	7.0	14	12
Chimezie Metu	0.32	7.8	4	3

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Aaron Nesmith	4.41	7.2	64	47
Obi Toppin	4.34	7.2	63	41
Pascal Siakam	4.10	7.0	68	41
Andrew Nembhard	3.68	7.0	94	76
Bennedict Mathurin	2.72	7.0	36

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.

Phoenix Suns

Devin Booker recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 8 of 373 in the league.
Jusuf Nurkić contested 7.5 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 30 of 373 in the league.
Josh Okogie recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 32 of 373 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Myles Turner contested 8.8 shots per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 18 of 373 in the league.
Aaron Nesmith defended 4.9 shots at the rim per game over his 72 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 8 of 146 in the league.
T.J. McConnell drew 0.10 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 40 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 Indiana Pacers have won 46 of their 103 games against the Phoenix Suns.

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Game context

Attendance

17.274

96.4% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Scoring

264

combined points

35.6 above the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

15 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:36.1

Devin Booker → Aaron Nesmith

Booker (PHX) extends his arm into Nesmith (IND) and dislodges him from his defensive position.