Brooklyn Nets – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 29 March 2025

BKN115–112WAS

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

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

· The win probability swung between the two teams 38 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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 winsBKN wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Tyrese Martin decided it, the Brooklyn Nets player with the most points (20, with 5 rebounds and 4 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Noah Clowney'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 Washington Wizards 112-115 Brooklyn Nets (March 29, 2025) was hit by Drew Timme: a layup with 8.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Brooklyn Nets up 113-112. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 112-115 Brooklyn Nets (March 29, 2025) was a 9-0 run by the Washington Wizards in the second quarter (from 6:34 to 4:13), from 43-35 to 52-35. The Brooklyn Nets' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:59 to 3:09), from 35-52 to 44-52.

What were the keys of the last Washington Wizards vs Brooklyn Nets game?

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Play: Drew Timme makes 2-foot layup (Tyrese Martin 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.

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

His profile shows the games Timme 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.

29 March 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705641:605; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BKN

Martin · Johnson · Williams · Wilson · Watford

Closing lineup · WAS

Johnson · Martin · Jones · Vukcevic · Thor

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BKN

Tyrese Martin

31′ · +5

Keon Johnson

31′ · +5

Ziaire Williams

25′ · +7

Cameron Johnson

24′ · +7

Noah Clowney

19′ · +13

Drew Timme

29′ · -12

Jalen Wilson

23′ · -2

Trendon Watford

24′ · -4

Dariq Whitehead

17′ · -2

Maxwell Lewis

17′ · -2

WAS

AJ Johnson

42′ · -8

Alex Sarr

25′ · -7

Bub Carrington

22′ · -4

Jordan Poole

21′ · -5

Justin Champagnie

17′ · -12

Jaylen Martin

30′ · +9

Colby Jones

29′ · +6

Marcus Smart

7′ · +2

Tristan Vukcevic

24′ · +4

JT Thor

23′ · 0

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Brooklyn Nets

Johnson, Williams, Johnson, Martin, and Clowney played 18.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 13 points.
Watford, Wilson, Timme, Lewis, and Whitehead played 17.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Johnson, Watford, Wilson, Timme, and Martin played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Washington Wizards

Poole, Champagnie, Sarr, Carrington, and Johnson played 17.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 12 points.
Thor, Jones, Vukcevic, Martin, and Johnson played 16.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Thor, Jones, Vukcevic, Martin, and Smart played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Brooklyn Nets

Williams, Johnson, Watford, Timme, and Martin played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Johnson, Williams, Johnson, Timme, and Martin played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Johnson, Johnson, Wilson, Timme, and Martin played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Washington Wizards

Thor, Jones, Martin, Sarr, and Johnson played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Vukcevic, Martin, Carrington, and Smart played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Poole, Jones, Martin, Sarr, and Johnson played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, Martin, Sarr, Johnson, and Smart played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Poole, Martin, Sarr, Carrington, and Johnson played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 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.

AJ Johnson covered 5.00 km, more than anyone in the game.

AJ Johnson touched the ball 67 times, a game high.
AJ Johnson made 52 passes, a game high.
Tristan Vukcevic defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.

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Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Martin	3.91	7.8	52	45
Keon Johnson	3.54	7.1	49	37
Drew Timme	3.30	7.0	59	42
Cameron Johnson	2.94	7.4	55	40
Ziaire Williams	2.94	7.3	22	26
Jalen Wilson	2.90	7.6	47	37
Trendon Watford	2.49	6.5	40	36
Noah Clowney	2.22	7.0	46	35
Maxwell Lewis	1.93	6.8	21	13
Dariq Whitehead	1.85	6.5	19	14

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
AJ Johnson	5.00	7.3	67	52
Colby Jones	3.64	7.9	40	32
Jaylen Martin	3.59	7.3	39	36
Alex Sarr	2.98	7.3	42	30
JT Thor	2.75	7.2	17	14

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.

Brooklyn Nets

Noah Clowney drew 0.13 charges per game over his 46 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.
Ziaire Williams deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 32 of 388 in the league.
Keon Johnson drew 0.09 charges per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 41 of 388 in the league.

Washington Wizards

Alex Sarr contested 9.1 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 14 of 388 in the league.
Marcus Smart drew 0.15 charges per game over his 34 games.
He ranks 21 of 388 in the league.
Tristan Vukcevic drew 0.13 charges per game over his 31 games.
He ranks 26 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 Washington Wizards have won 26 of their 50 games against the Brooklyn Nets.

26-24record of the Washington Wizards · NBA 2012-13 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2012-13 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.316

80.2% of capacity

Capital One Arena · Washington

Scoring

227

combined points

0.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

22 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:31.1

Tristan Vukcevic → Tyrese Martin

Vukcevic (WAS) steps into Martin's (BKN) space and delivers contact, which impacts Martin's driving shot attempt at the basket.