Phoenix Suns – Sacramento Kings · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 April 2024

PHX108–107SAC

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 85% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 times

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.

↑ SAC winsPHX wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Kevin Durant decided it, the Phoenix Suns player with the most points (28, with 5 rebounds and 3 assists; -4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Bradley Beal's (+8). 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 Sacramento Kings 107-108 Phoenix Suns (April 12, 2024) was hit by Jusuf Nurkić: a free throw with 8.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Phoenix Suns up 108-107. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Sacramento Kings 107-108 Phoenix Suns (April 12, 2024) was a 9-0 run by the Sacramento Kings in the second quarter (from 4:56 to 2:34), from 36-35 to 45-35. The Phoenix Suns' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 9:37 to 6:52), from 24-31 to 32-31.

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Play: Jusuf Nurkic 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.

Jusuf Nurkić decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 8.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Nurkić 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.

12 April 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585813:621; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHX

Durant · Booker · Allen · Beal · O'Neale

Closing lineup · SAC

Murray · Sabonis · Barnes · Fox · Ellis

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PHX

Kevin Durant

42′ · -4

Devin Booker

41′ · -1

Grayson Allen

38′ · +3

Bradley Beal

34′ · +8

Jusuf Nurkic

32′ · -1

Eric Gordon

17′ · 0

Royce O'Neale

24′ · -1

Drew Eubanks

12′ · +1

SAC

Keegan Murray

43′ · -2

Domantas Sabonis

42′ · +7

Harrison Barnes

41′ · +7

De'Aaron Fox

41′ · +3

Keon Ellis

33′ · -13

Davion Mitchell

20′ · +7

Trey Lyles

15′ · -9

Alex Len

5′ · -5

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 SAC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Phoenix Suns

Booker, Allen, Durant, Beal, and Nurkic played 20.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, O'Neale, Eubanks, Durant, and Gordon played 5.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Booker, O'Neale, Allen, Durant, and Nurkic played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Fox, Murray, Ellis, and Barnes played 22.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Sabonis, Fox, Mitchell, Murray, and Barnes played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 13 points.
Lyles, Sabonis, Fox, Mitchell, and Barnes played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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Phoenix Suns

O'Neale, Allen, Eubanks, Gordon, and Beal played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, O'Neale, Allen, Durant, and Beal played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
O'Neale, Allen, Gordon, Beal, and Nurkic played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Booker, O'Neale, Durant, Gordon, and Nurkic played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Allen, Durant, Gordon, and Nurkic played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Booker, Allen, Eubanks, Durant, and Beal played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Booker, O'Neale, Durant, Beal, and Nurkic played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Sacramento Kings

Lyles, Fox, Murray, Ellis, and Len played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Sabonis, Mitchell, Murray, Ellis, and Barnes played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Lyles, Sabonis, Mitchell, Murray, and Barnes played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Lyles, Sabonis, Mitchell, Murray, and Ellis played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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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.

Keegan Murray covered 5.25 km, more than anyone in the game.

De'Aaron Fox touched the ball 103 times, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis made 72 passes, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis had 28 rebound chances, a game high.

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Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Grayson Allen	4.75	6.9	50	35
Devin Booker	4.65	6.3	79	56
Kevin Durant	4.65	6.2	62	39
Bradley Beal	4.20	6.9	72	52
Jusuf Nurkić	3.52	6.2	58	46
Royce O'Neale	3.09	7.0	42	34
Eric Gordon	1.83	5.9	23	17
Drew Eubanks	1.43	6.8	24	19

Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Keegan Murray	5.25	6.8	59	38
Harrison Barnes	5.23	7.0	51	39
Domantas Sabonis	4.97	6.5	97	72
De'Aaron Fox	4.91	6.6	103	70
Keon Ellis	4.28	7.2	49

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.
Bradley Beal drew 0.11 charges per game over his 53 games.
He ranks 35 of 373 in the league.

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.

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 Sacramento Kings have won 71 of their 176 games against the Phoenix Suns.

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Game context

Attendance

17.832

101.3% of capacity

Golden 1 Center · Sacramento

Scoring

215

combined points

13.4 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 reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 02:00.0

Keegan Murray → Suns

Murray (SAC) lifts and re-plants his pivot foot prior to releasing his dribble.