Charlotte Hornets – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 26 December 2024

CHA110–113WAS

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 89% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 23 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.

↑ WAS winsCHA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Jordan Poole decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (25, with 6 rebounds and 3 assists; +12 with him on the floor). 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 Washington Wizards 113-110 Charlotte Hornets (December 26, 2024) was hit by Jordan Poole: a three-pointer with 8.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 112-110. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 113-110 Charlotte Hornets (December 26, 2024) was a 10-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the fourth quarter (from 8:02 to 4:33), from 96-100 to 106-100. The Washington Wizards' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 3:52 to 1:44), from 84-79 to 93-79.

What were the keys of the last Washington Wizards vs Charlotte Hornets game?

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Play: Jordan Poole makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (Malcolm Brogdon assists).

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.

Jordan Poole 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 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Poole 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.

26 December 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704978:726; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHA

Ball · Miller · Bridges · Green · Williams

Closing lineup · WAS

Coulibaly · Carrington · Sarr · Champagnie · Brogdon

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CHA

LaMelo Ball

38′ · -10

Brandon Miller

36′ · +6

Miles Bridges

34′ · +1

Josh Green

30′ · -6

Mark Williams

26′ · +6

Cody Martin

19′ · -1

Nick Richards

16′ · -3

DaQuan Jeffries

7′ · -14

Tidjane Salaun

13′ · +1

Vasilije Micic

10′ · +7

Moussa Diabate

5′ · -5

Isaiah Wong

5′ · +3

WAS

Jordan Poole

35′ · +12

Bilal Coulibaly

31′ · +4

Bub Carrington

28′ · -7

Alex Sarr

25′ · +1

Justin Champagnie

13′ · -10

Malcolm Brogdon

30′ · +9

Jonas Valanciunas

23′ · +2

Corey Kispert

30′ · +1

Kyshawn George

24′ · +3

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Charlotte Hornets

Bridges, Ball, Green, Williams, and Miller played 19.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Martin, Williams, Miller, Salaun, and Micic played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Bridges, Martin, Ball, Richards, and Miller played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

Washington Wizards

Brogdon, Kispert, Carrington, George, and Valanciunas played 11.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Poole, Champagnie, Coulibaly, Sarr, and Carrington played 10.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Brogdon, Poole, Kispert, George, and Valanciunas played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Charlotte Hornets

Martin, Ball, Richards, Wong, and Salaun played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Bridges, Martin, Ball, Richards, and Wong played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bridges, Martin, Jeffries, Ball, and Richards played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Green, Williams, Miller, Salaun, and Micic played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Bridges, Ball, Green, Diabate, and Miller played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Bridges, Jeffries, Ball, Green, and Diabate played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Jeffries, Ball, Green, Richards, and Salaun played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Green, Richards, Miller, Salaun, and Micic played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Bridges, Martin, Richards, Miller, and Micic played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Jeffries, Ball, Green, Diabate, and Miller played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Washington Wizards

Brogdon, Poole, Coulibaly, Sarr, and Carrington played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Poole, Kispert, Coulibaly, Sarr, and George played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brogdon, Poole, Kispert, Coulibaly, and Valanciunas played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Brogdon, Poole, Kispert, Coulibaly, and Sarr played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Poole, Kispert, Coulibaly, George, and Valanciunas played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Brogdon, Poole, Champagnie, Coulibaly, and Valanciunas played 1.2 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.

Brandon Miller covered 4.41 km, more than anyone in the game.

LaMelo Ball touched the ball 94 times, a game high.
LaMelo Ball made 56 passes, a game high.
Alex Sarr defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Jonas Valanciunas had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Brandon Miller	4.41	7.4	66	52
LaMelo Ball	4.33	7.0	94	56
Miles Bridges	4.02	7.3	61	47
Josh Green	3.72	7.6	18	22
Mark Williams	2.98	6.8	35	21
Cody Martin	2.35	7.8	17	18
Nick Richards	1.90	7.2	16	10
Tidjane Salaün	1.74	7.9	14	15
Vasilije Micic	1.21	7.2	24	20
DaQuan Jeffries	0.80	7.0	3	1
Isaiah Wong	0.68	7.6	5	4
Moussa Diabaté	0.63	7.6	7	4

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jordan Poole	3.83	6.6	54	36
Corey Kispert	3.70	7.4	34	24
Bilal Coulibaly	3.67	7.2	56	35
Bub Carrington	3.49	7.6	36	34
Malcolm Brogdon	3.25	6.7	54

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.

Charlotte Hornets

Cody Martin recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 7 of 388 in the league.
Mark Williams contested 9.9 shots per game over his 44 games.
He ranks 9 of 388 in the league.
LaMelo Ball recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.

Washington Wizards

Bilal Coulibaly recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 12 of 388 in the league.
Alex Sarr contested 9.1 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 14 of 388 in the league.
Justin Champagnie defended 4.0 shots at the rim per game over his 58 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 13 of 138 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 Washington Wizards have won 43 of their 86 games against the Charlotte Hornets.

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Game context

Attendance

17.193

84.6% of capacity

Capital One Arena · Washington

Scoring

223

combined points

4.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

18 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors