Los Angeles Lakers – Golden State Warriors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 25 December 2024

LAL115–113GSW

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It was more exciting than 74% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 17 times

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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 (31, with 4 rebounds and 10 assists; +4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Dalton Knecht'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 Golden State Warriors 113-115 Los Angeles Lakers (December 25, 2024) was hit by Austin Reaves: a layup with 1.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Los Angeles Lakers up 115-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Golden State Warriors 113-115 Los Angeles Lakers (December 25, 2024) was a 9-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter (from 8:51 to 6:54), from 30-30 to 39-30. The Golden State Warriors' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 9:49 to 7:11), from 2-4 to 10-4.

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

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Play: Austin Reaves 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.

Austin Reaves decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Reaves 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.

25 December 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704974:655; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAL

Hachimura · James · Reaves · Christie · Vincent

Closing lineup · GSW

Curry · Wiggins · Green · Schroder · Kuminga

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LAL

Rui Hachimura

39′ · -5

LeBron James

37′ · +4

Austin Reaves

37′ · -4

Max Christie

34′ · -8

Anthony Davis

7′ · -7

Gabe Vincent

29′ · +3

Dalton Knecht

25′ · +13

Cam Reddish

23′ · +7

Christian Koloko

9′ · +7

GSW

Stephen Curry

36′ · -1

Andrew Wiggins

35′ · +4

Draymond Green

34′ · +2

Dennis Schroder

28′ · +4

Trayce Jackson-Davis

26′ · +11

Buddy Hield

17′ · -6

Jonathan Kuminga

28′ · -17

Kevon Looney

5′ · -7

Brandin Podziemski

24′ · +2

Gary Payton II

7′ · -4

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

Hachimura, Vincent, Reaves, Christie, and James played 12.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Vincent, Reddish, Koloko, Knecht, and James played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Hachimura, Reaves, Christie, Davis, and James played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Golden State Warriors

Jackson-Davis, Curry, Green, Schroder, and Wiggins played 12.2 minutes together.
Payton, Kuminga, Podziemski, Curry, and Green played 6.5 minutes together.
Jackson-Davis, Podziemski, Curry, Green, and Wiggins played 3.8 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Golden State Warriors lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Hachimura, Reddish, Reaves, Christie, and Knecht played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hachimura, Reaves, Christie, Knecht, and James played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hachimura, Vincent, Reddish, Knecht, and James played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hachimura, Vincent, Christie, Knecht, and James played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Vincent, Reddish, Reaves, and Knecht played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Reddish, Reaves, Christie, and James played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hachimura, Reddish, Reaves, Knecht, and James played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Reddish, Reaves, Christie, Koloko, and Knecht played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Golden State Warriors

Hield, Kuminga, Jackson-Davis, Podziemski, and Schroder played 3.8 minutes together.
Kuminga, Curry, Green, Schroder, and Wiggins played 3.5 minutes together.
Hield, Jackson-Davis, Podziemski, Schroder, and Wiggins played 3.1 minutes together.
Hield, Kuminga, Curry, Green, and Wiggins played 2.7 minutes together.
Kuminga, Podziemski, Curry, Green, and Wiggins played 2.6 minutes together.
Looney, Hield, Kuminga, Podziemski, and Schroder played 2.4 minutes together.
Looney, Hield, Kuminga, Curry, and Wiggins played 2.4 minutes together.
Kuminga, Jackson-Davis, Podziemski, Schroder, and Wiggins played 1.2 minutes together.

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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.

Rui Hachimura covered 4.52 km, more than anyone in the game.

Austin Reaves touched the ball 83 times, a game high.
Austin Reaves made 59 passes, a game high.
Rui Hachimura defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Andrew Wiggins had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rui Hachimura	4.52	7.1	36	30
Austin Reaves	4.25	7.1	83	59
Max Christie	3.99	7.2	41	26
LeBron James	3.73	6.3	73	52
Gabe Vincent	3.33	7.1	30	29
Dalton Knecht	2.85	7.1	39	28
Cam Reddish	2.37	6.6	9	10
Christian Koloko	0.88	6.5	13	11
Anthony Davis	0.64	5.4	12	10

Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Stephen Curry	4.20	7.2	65	43
Andrew Wiggins	4.01	7.0	48	33
Draymond Green	3.73	6.7	57	54
Dennis Schröder	3.28	7.3	61	49
Jonathan Kuminga	3.11	7.0	42

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.

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.

Golden State Warriors

Brandin Podziemski drew 0.32 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 2 of 388 in the league.
Draymond Green drew 0.21 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 9 of 388 in the league.
Dennis Schröder drew 0.11 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 32 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 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

228

combined points

0.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

16 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors