Golden State Warriors – Houston Rockets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 11 December 2024

GSW90–91HOU

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

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↑ HOU winsGSW wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Alperen Sengun decided it, the Houston Rockets player with the most points (26, with 11 rebounds and 5 assists; -4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Amen Thompson's (+6). 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 Houston Rockets 91-90 Golden State Warriors (December 11, 2024) was hit by Jalen Green: a free throw with 3.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Houston Rockets up 91-90. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Houston Rockets 91-90 Golden State Warriors (December 11, 2024) was a 8-0 run by the Houston Rockets in the second quarter (from 9:14 to 6:29), from 28-24 to 36-24. The Golden State Warriors' best was a 6-0 run in the second quarter (from 2:46 to 1:21), from 31-42 to 37-42.

What were the keys of the last Houston Rockets vs Golden State Warriors game?

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Play: Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2.

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.

Jalen Green 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 one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Green 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.

11 December 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401734905:623; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · GSW

Kuminga · Hield · Curry · Green · Podziemski

Closing lineup · HOU

Smith · Brooks · VanVleet · Thompson · Eason

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GSW

Jonathan Kuminga

36′ · +2

Buddy Hield

35′ · +9

Stephen Curry

34′ · +4

Draymond Green

30′ · -2

Gary Payton II

18′ · -14

Lindy Waters III

23′ · -3

Brandin Podziemski

31′ · +4

Kevon Looney

11′ · -4

Kyle Anderson

4′ · -5

Trayce Jackson-Davis

15′ · +3

Pat Spencer

3′ · +1

HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

38′ · -1

Dillon Brooks

38′ · +1

Fred VanVleet

36′ · -3

Alperen Sengun

32′ · -4

Jalen Green

31′ · +3

Amen Thompson

29′ · +6

Tari Eason

24′ · +4

Aaron Holiday

12′ · +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. GSW and HOU.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Golden State Warriors

Hield, Payton, Kuminga, Curry, and Green played 10.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Hield, Kuminga, Podziemski, Curry, and Green played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Hield, Kuminga, Waters, Jackson-Davis, and Podziemski played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Sengun, and Smith played 18.8 minutes together.
VanVleet, Brooks, Smith, Eason, and Thompson played 10.4 minutes together.
Holiday, Green, Sengun, Eason, and Thompson played 7.9 minutes together.

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

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Golden State Warriors

Looney, Waters, Podziemski, Curry, and Green played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Looney, Hield, Kuminga, Waters, and Podziemski played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hield, Kuminga, Spencer, Jackson-Davis, and Podziemski played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Payton, Waters, Jackson-Davis, Curry, and Green played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hield, Kuminga, Jackson-Davis, Podziemski, and Curry played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Looney, Waters, Podziemski, Curry, and Anderson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Payton, Waters, Curry, Green, and Anderson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Hield, Kuminga, Waters, Curry, and Green played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Sengun, Smith, and Thompson played 2.8 minutes together.
Brooks, Green, Smith, Eason, and Thompson played 2.4 minutes together.
VanVleet, Holiday, Sengun, Eason, and Thompson played 2.2 minutes together.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Smith, and Thompson played 2.0 minutes together.
Brooks, Holiday, Smith, Eason, and Thompson played 1.6 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.

Jabari Smith Jr. covered 4.23 km, more than anyone in the game.

Fred VanVleet touched the ball 81 times, a game high.
Fred VanVleet made 63 passes, a game high.
Draymond Green defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Alperen Sengun had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Buddy Hield	4.20	6.8	59	44
Jonathan Kuminga	4.15	6.5	50	24
Stephen Curry	3.83	6.4	64	44
Brandin Podziemski	3.70	6.8	50	38
Draymond Green	3.09	5.8	67	52
Lindy Waters III	2.88	7.1	43	32
Gary Payton II	2.32	7.2	29	22
Trayce Jackson-Davis	1.79	6.7	24	21
Kevon Looney	1.35	6.6	19	15
Kyle Anderson	0.48	6.4	9	6
Pat Spencer	0.42	7.0	9	7

Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jabari Smith Jr.	4.23	6.3	45	33
Dillon Brooks	4.22	6.3	37	28
Fred VanVleet	3.99	6.2	81	63
Jalen Green	3.64	6.6	54	33
Amen Thompson	3.62	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.

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.
Stephen Curry drew 0.09 charges per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 41 of 388 in the league.

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.

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 Houston Rockets have won 71 of their 138 games against the Golden State Warriors.

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Game context

Attendance

18.055

100% of capacity

Toyota Center · Houston

Scoring

181

combined points

46.7 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 reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: 5 Second Violation · 00:03.5

Brandin Podziemski → Rockets

Podziemski (GSW) does not inbound the ball within five seconds.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:41

Dillon Brooks → Warriors

Brooks (HOU) is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.