Houston Rockets – Milwaukee Bucks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 18 November 2024

HOU100–101MIL

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Highly recommended

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

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↑ MIL winsHOU wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Brook Lopez decided it, the Milwaukee Bucks player with the most points (27, with 10 rebounds and 1 assists; +14 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Gary Trent Jr.'s (+15). 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 101-100 Houston Rockets (November 18, 2024) was hit by Damian Lillard: a layup with 3.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Milwaukee Bucks up 101-100. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Milwaukee Bucks 101-100 Houston Rockets (November 18, 2024) was a 11-0 run by the Houston Rockets between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 77-83 to 88-83. The Milwaukee Bucks' best was a 9-0 run between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 21-28 to 30-28.

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Play: Damian Lillard makes driving 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.

Damian Lillard decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, 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.

18 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704814:629; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

Green · Sengun · VanVleet · Smith · Brooks

Closing lineup · MIL

Antetokounmpo · Prince · Jackson · Trent · Green

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HOU

Jalen Green

39′ · +8

Alperen Sengun

39′ · +11

Fred VanVleet

35′ · +3

Jabari Smith Jr.

25′ · -2

Dillon Brooks

21′ · -3

Tari Eason

31′ · -6

Amen Thompson

29′ · -5

Steven Adams

5′ · -12

Jeff Green

2′ · -3

Reed Sheppard

5′ · -7

Aaron Holiday

9′ · +11

MIL

Brook Lopez

40′ · +14

Giannis Antetokounmpo

36′ · -2

Damian Lillard

36′ · -4

Taurean Prince

27′ · -12

Andre Jackson Jr.

5′ · -8

Gary Trent Jr.

24′ · +15

AJ Green

29′ · +15

Delon Wright

23′ · -3

Bobby Portis Jr.

21′ · -10

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 MIL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Sengun, and Smith played 9.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
VanVleet, Green, Sengun, Smith, and Eason played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Holiday, Green, Sengun, Eason, and Thompson played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

Milwaukee Bucks

Prince, Green, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 7.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Wright, Portis, Prince, Lopez, and Lillard played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Portis, Trent, Green, Lopez, and Lillard played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 15 points.

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Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Sengun, and Thompson played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
VanVleet, Sengun, Smith, Eason, and Thompson played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
VanVleet, Holiday, Sengun, Eason, and Thompson played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
VanVleet, Green, Smith, Eason, and Thompson played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Green, Eason, Thompson, Green, and Adams played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Sengun, Smith, and Eason played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Green, Eason, Thompson, Sheppard, and Adams played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Brooks, Green, Sengun, Thompson, and Sheppard played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
VanVleet, Green, Sengun, Eason, and Thompson played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Eason, and Thompson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Milwaukee Bucks

Wright, Portis, Trent, Green, and Antetokounmpo played 4.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Prince, Jackson, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Wright, Trent, Green, Lopez, and Antetokounmpo played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Trent, Green, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wright, Prince, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Wright, Prince, Trent, Lopez, and Antetokounmpo played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Portis, Trent, Green, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Wright, Portis, Green, Lopez, and Lillard played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Prince, Trent, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Wright, Portis, Prince, Trent, and Antetokounmpo played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Wright, Green, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo played 1.1 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.

Jalen Green covered 4.63 km, more than anyone in the game.

Fred VanVleet touched the ball 75 times, a game high.
Fred VanVleet made 55 passes, a game high.
Brook Lopez defended 13 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 9.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jalen Green	4.63	7.2	64	37
Alperen Sengun	4.10	6.5	65	43
Fred VanVleet	3.94	7.0	75	55
Tari Eason	3.49	7.0	38	36
Amen Thompson	3.49	7.4	31	34
Jabari Smith Jr.	3.11	7.7	19	16
Dillon Brooks	2.22	6.5	20	11
Aaron Holiday	1.09	7.4	11	9
Reed Sheppard	0.64	8.0	8	5
Steven Adams	0.64	7.5	13	9
Jeff Green	0.27	7.8	3	2

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Brook Lopez	4.07	6.3	44	32
Damian Lillard	4.02	7.0	73	51
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3.64	6.2	69	45
AJ Green	3.27	7.0	27	23
Taurean Prince	3.04	6.9	23

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 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Houston Rockets

Tari Eason recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 5 of 388 in the league.
Alperen Sengun contested 9.1 shots per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
Fred VanVleet deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 18 of 388 in the league.

Milwaukee Bucks

Brook Lopez contested 13.6 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Damian Lillard deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 21 of 388 in the league.
Bobby Portis contested 6.3 shots per game over his 49 games.
He ranks 43 of 388 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 61 of their 124 games against the Houston Rockets.

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Game context

Attendance

17.341

100% of capacity

Fiserv Forum · Milwaukee

Scoring

201

combined points

26.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

14 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Stepped out of Bounds · 00:20.4

Giannis Antetokounmpo → Rockets

Antetokounmpo's (MIL) left foot is out of bounds when he receives the pass from Lopez (MIL).