Los Angeles Lakers – Golden State Warriors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 27 January 2024

LAL145–144GSW

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 34 times

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↑ GSW winsLAL wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

LeBron James decided it, the Los Angeles Lakers player with the most points (36, with 20 rebounds and 12 assists; -6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jarred Vanderbilt's (+30). 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 Golden State Warriors 144-145 Los Angeles Lakers (January 27, 2024) was hit by LeBron James: a free throw with 1.0 s left in overtime 2, putting the Los Angeles Lakers up 145-144. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Golden State Warriors 144-145 Los Angeles Lakers (January 27, 2024) was a 14-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third quarter (from 6:35 to 3:19), from 73-88 to 87-88. The Golden State Warriors' best was a 12-0 run in the third quarter (from 10:20 to 8:40), from 66-70 to 78-70.

What were the keys of the last Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers game?

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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 one second left in overtime 2, 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.

27 January 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585278:871; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Reaves · Davis · Prince · Vanderbilt

Closing lineup · GSW

Green · Kuminga · Curry · Podziemski · Joseph

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LAL

D'Angelo Russell

49′ · +12

LeBron James

48′ · -6

Austin Reaves

47′ · +4

Anthony Davis

45′ · -2

Taurean Prince

24′ · -21

Jarred Vanderbilt

41′ · +29

Max Christie

8′ · -3

Rui Hachimura

18′ · +6

Christian Wood

11′ · -14

GSW

Klay Thompson

47′ · +2

Draymond Green

46′ · +31

Jonathan Kuminga

43′ · -9

Stephen Curry

43′ · -2

Andrew Wiggins

41′ · +1

Brandin Podziemski

28′ · -7

Dario Saric

15′ · -1

Cory Joseph

15′ · 0

Kevon Looney

5′ · -14

Trayce Jackson-Davis

6′ · -6

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Vanderbilt, Reaves, Davis, and James played 18.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 14 points.
Russell, Prince, Reaves, Davis, and James played 12.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 18 points.
Russell, Prince, Vanderbilt, Reaves, and Davis played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Golden State Warriors

Kuminga, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Wiggins played 27.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 16 points.
Kuminga, Podziemski, Curry, Green, and Wiggins played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Jackson-Davis, Podziemski, Thompson, Joseph, and Green played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Wood, Vanderbilt, Hachimura, and James played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Prince, Vanderbilt, Hachimura, and James played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Wood, Prince, Reaves, Davis, and James played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Russell, Vanderbilt, Hachimura, Reaves, and James played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Wood, Vanderbilt, Hachimura, Reaves, and Christie played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Russell, Vanderbilt, Hachimura, Christie, and Davis played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Vanderbilt, Hachimura, Reaves, Christie, and Davis played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Vanderbilt, Reaves, Christie, Davis, and James played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Wood, Prince, Hachimura, and James played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Wood, Vanderbilt, Hachimura, Christie, and James played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Golden State Warriors

Kuminga, Podziemski, Thompson, Joseph, and Saric played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Podziemski, Thompson, Joseph, Green, and Saric played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Looney, Podziemski, Thompson, Joseph, and Saric played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Podziemski, Curry, Green, Wiggins, and Saric played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Kuminga, Jackson-Davis, Curry, Thompson, and Wiggins played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Kuminga, Podziemski, Curry, Thompson, and Saric played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Kuminga, Podziemski, Curry, Wiggins, and Saric played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Looney, Kuminga, Curry, Thompson, and Wiggins played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost 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.

Jonathan Kuminga covered 0.63 km, more than anyone in the game.

D'Angelo Russell touched the ball 17 times, a game high.
Draymond Green made 12 passes, a game high.
LeBron James had 3 rebound chances, a game high.

▸See what was measured for each player

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
D'Angelo Russell	0.60	6.5	17	11
Austin Reaves	0.60	6.3	5	4
Jarred Vanderbilt	0.58	6.3	2	2
Anthony Davis	0.55	5.9	9	7
LeBron James	0.55	5.8	10	7
Taurean Prince	0.02	4.9	0	0

Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jonathan Kuminga	0.63	6.8	5	4
Stephen Curry	0.58	6.3	12	4
Draymond Green	0.55	5.9	13	12
Andrew Wiggins	0.51	6.0	6	6
Brandin Podziemski	0.39	6.9	5

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor. The cameras did not capture 5 players who played five minutes or more; they are not in the list.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

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.

Golden State Warriors

Brandin Podziemski drew 0.53 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 1 of 373 in the league.
Draymond Green drew 0.38 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 3 of 373 in the league.
Trayce Jackson-Davis defended 4.6 shots at the rim per game over his 67 games, and opponents made 8 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 17 of 146 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 Golden State Warriors have won 43 of their 123 games against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Game context

Attendance

18.064

100% of capacity

Chase Center · San Francisco

Scoring

289

combined points

60.6 above the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

51 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:07.3

Draymond Green → Jarred Vanderbilt

Green (GSW) steps toward Vanderbilt (LAL) and he delivers the contact that dislodges Vanderbilt during the screen.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:10.5

Draymond Green → Lakers

Green (GSW) straddles the lane line and is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.

⚠️ Optical tracking did not capture every player in this game.