Orlando Magic – Los Angeles Lakers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 21 November 2024

ORL119–118LAL

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 97% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 21 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.

↑ LAL winsORL wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Franz Wagner decided it, the Orlando Magic player with the most points (37, with 6 rebounds and 11 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Goga Bitadze's (+13). 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 Los Angeles Lakers 118-119 Orlando Magic (November 21, 2024) was hit by Franz Wagner: a three-pointer with 3.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Orlando Magic up 119-118. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Los Angeles Lakers 118-119 Orlando Magic (November 21, 2024) was a 8-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the third quarter (from 7:47 to 6:33), from 70-77 to 78-77. The Los Angeles Lakers' best was a 7-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 7:47 to 7:23), from 98-98 to 105-98.

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Play: Franz Wagner makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot.

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.

Franz Wagner 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 the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Wagner 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.

21 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704829:688; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ORL

Suggs · Wagner · Bitadze · Black · Isaac

Closing lineup · LAL

Knecht · Davis · James · Reaves · Russell

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ORL

Jalen Suggs

40′ · +6

Franz Wagner

39′ · +5

Tristan da Silva

32′ · +10

Goga Bitadze

30′ · +13

Gary Harris

26′ · +1

Moritz Wagner

18′ · -12

Anthony Black

22′ · -6

Jonathan Isaac

18′ · -7

Jett Howard

11′ · -7

Cole Anthony

4′ · +2

LAL

Dalton Knecht

39′ · +5

Anthony Davis

38′ · 0

LeBron James

37′ · -8

Austin Reaves

33′ · -8

Cam Reddish

21′ · +1

Max Christie

25′ · -2

D'Angelo Russell

23′ · +2

Gabe Vincent

14′ · +6

Christian Koloko

10′ · -1

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Orlando Magic

Bitadze, Wagner, Suggs, da Silva, and Harris played 19.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Isaac, Wagner, Suggs, Black, and Howard played 7.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Isaac, Bitadze, Wagner, da Silva, and Harris played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Reddish, Reaves, Knecht, Davis, and James played 11.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Reddish, Reaves, Christie, Knecht, and Davis played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Reaves, Christie, Knecht, Davis, and James played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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Orlando Magic

Bitadze, Wagner, Suggs, Black, and da Silva played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wagner, Anthony, Wagner, Suggs, and Black played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Isaac, Wagner, Wagner, Black, and Howard played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Isaac, Wagner, Wagner, Black, and da Silva played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Isaac, Wagner, Anthony, Suggs, and Black played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Bitadze, Wagner, Suggs, Black, and Harris played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Wagner, Wagner, Suggs, da Silva, and Harris played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Vincent, Christie, Knecht, and Davis played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Russell, Vincent, Koloko, Knecht, and James played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Russell, Reaves, Knecht, Davis, and James played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Vincent, Christie, Koloko, and James played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Russell, Vincent, Knecht, Davis, and James played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Russell, Reaves, Christie, Koloko, and James played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Reddish, Reaves, Christie, Davis, and James played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Reaves, Christie, Davis, and James played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 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.

Franz Wagner covered 4.91 km, more than anyone in the game.

LeBron James touched the ball 87 times, a game high.
Austin Reaves made 64 passes, a game high.
Anthony Davis defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Goga Bitadze had 22 rebound chances, a game high.

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Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Franz Wagner	4.91	7.0	84	51
Jalen Suggs	4.62	6.5	74	50
Tristan da Silva	3.91	6.8	33	23
Goga Bitadze	3.44	6.5	53	47
Gary Harris	3.15	6.8	14	6
Anthony Black	2.54	6.4	43	31
Moritz Wagner	2.32	7.0	38	24
Jonathan Isaac	2.16	6.7	20	14
Jett Howard	1.35	6.8	13	11
Cole Anthony	0.58	7.5	5	2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Dalton Knecht	4.73	6.8	47	33
Austin Reaves	4.04	6.9	84	64
Anthony Davis	4.02	5.9	78	47
LeBron James	3.78	5.6	87	58
Max Christie	3.07	7.0	19

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.

Orlando Magic

Jalen Suggs drew 0.17 charges per game over his 35 games.
He ranks 12 of 388 in the league.
Goga Bitadze contested 6.4 shots per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 41 of 388 in the league.
Franz Wagner drew 0.08 charges per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 49 of 388 in the league.

Los Angeles Lakers

Austin Reaves drew 0.30 charges per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 4 of 388 in the league.
Anthony Davis contested 9.6 shots per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 11 of 388 in the league.
Gabe Vincent drew 0.17 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 12 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 Los Angeles Lakers have won 51 of their 79 games against the Orlando Magic.

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Game context

Attendance

18.997

100% of capacity

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Scoring

237

combined points

9.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

12 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 01:41.3

Goga Bitadze → Anthony Davis

Bitadze (ORL) lowers his hand and initiates contact with Davis's (LAL) elbow, affecting his shot attempt.