Philadelphia 76ers – Brooklyn Nets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 25 November 2018

PHI127–125BKN

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It was more exciting than 55% of NBA games since 2017

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.

↑ BKN winsPHI wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Jimmy Butler III decided it, the Philadelphia 76ers player with the most points (34, with 12 rebounds and 2 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Joel Embiid's (+11). 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 Brooklyn Nets 125-127 Philadelphia 76ers (November 25, 2018) was hit by Jimmy Butler: a three-pointer with 2.3 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Philadelphia 76ers up 127-125. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Brooklyn Nets 125-127 Philadelphia 76ers (November 25, 2018) was a 11-0 run by the Philadelphia 76ers in the fourth quarter (from 5:21 to 2:30), from 105-118 to 116-118. The Brooklyn Nets' best was a 7-0 run in the second quarter (from 11:18 to 9:31), from 32-25 to 39-25.

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Play: Jimmy Butler makes 27-foot 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.

Jimmy Butler decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Butler 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 November 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401070970:671; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Philadelphia 76ers

Ben Simmons recovered 1.7 loose balls per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 5 of 380 in the league.
Joel Embiid defended 9.0 shots at the rim per game over his 61 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 3 of 129 in the league.
Jimmy Butler III deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 11 of 380 in the league.

Brooklyn Nets

Jarrett Allen contested 15.9 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 2 of 380 in the league.
Jared Dudley drew 0.12 charges per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 44 of 380 in the league.
D'Angelo Russell deflected 2.2 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 47 of 380 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 Brooklyn Nets have won 26 of their 64 games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

26-38record of the Brooklyn Nets · 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

15.217

85.8% of capacity

Barclays Center · Brooklyn

Scoring

252

combined points

29.6 above the season average (222.4)