Dallas Mavericks – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 7 February 2020

DAL118–119WAS

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 95% of NBA games since 2017

· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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

This is how the game was decided.

Bradley Beal decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (29, with 5 rebounds and 8 assists; 0 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Davis Bertans'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 119-118 Dallas Mavericks (February 7, 2020) was hit by Bradley Beal: a layup with 0.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 119-118. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 119-118 Dallas Mavericks (February 7, 2020) was a 8-0 run by the Dallas Mavericks in the first quarter (from 7:30 to 6:05), from 9-10 to 17-10. The Washington Wizards' best was a 6-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 10:51 to 10:04), from 95-97 to 101-97.

What were the keys of the last Washington Wizards vs Dallas Mavericks game?

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Play: Bradley Beal makes 3-foot layup (Troy Brown Jr. 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.

Bradley Beal decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 6 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Beal 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.

7 February 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161412:665; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DAL

Hardaway · Brunson · Kleber · Cauley-Stein · Marjanovic

Closing lineup · WAS

Hachimura · Mahinmi · Bertans · Wagner · Pasečņiks

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DAL

Dorian Finney-Smith

35′ · +4

Tim Hardaway Jr.

35′ · +9

Jalen Brunson

31′ · +4

Kristaps Porzingis

21′ · -3

Courtney Lee

17′ · +1

Seth Curry

29′ · -4

Maxi Kleber

26′ · -8

Delon Wright

19′ · -3

Ryan Broekhoff

5′ · -1

Justin Jackson

12′ · -10

Willie Cauley-Stein

9′ · +2

Boban Marjanovic

0′ · 0

WAS

Bradley Beal

39′ · 0

Ish Smith

30′ · -12

Rui Hachimura

29′ · -7

Isaac Bonga

24′ · -1

Ian Mahinmi

18′ · -9

Davis Bertans

31′ · +13

Moritz Wagner

18′ · +5

Troy Brown Jr.

28′ · +3

Shabazz Napier

18′ · +12

Garrison Mathews

5′ · 0

Anžejs Pasečņiks

0′ · 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. DAL and WAS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Dallas Mavericks

Finney-Smith, Brunson, Lee, Hardaway, and Porzingis played 8.3 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Kleber, Brunson, Hardaway, and Curry played 7.3 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Jackson, Brunson, Hardaway, and Porzingis played 4.4 minutes together.

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

Washington Wizards

Mahinmi, Hachimura, Bonga, Smith, and Beal played 11.4 minutes together.
Brown, Wagner, Bertans, Beal, and Napier played 6.9 minutes together.
Brown, Wagner, Bonga, Bertans, and Napier played 4.1 minutes together.

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

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Dallas Mavericks

Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Brunson, Lee, and Hardaway played 3.2 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Brunson, Hardaway, Curry, and Porzingis played 2.9 minutes together.
Wright, Jackson, Kleber, Lee, and Curry played 2.7 minutes together.
Wright, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Broekhoff, and Curry played 2.3 minutes together.
Wright, Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Kleber, and Curry played 2.2 minutes together.
Wright, Jackson, Kleber, Curry, and Porzingis played 2.0 minutes together.
Wright, Kleber, Hardaway, Curry, and Porzingis played 1.6 minutes together.
Wright, Kleber, Broekhoff, Lee, and Curry played 1.5 minutes together.
Wright, Kleber, Broekhoff, Hardaway, and Curry played 1.5 minutes together.
Wright, Finney-Smith, Brunson, Hardaway, and Porzingis played 1.5 minutes together.
Cauley-Stein, Brunson, Lee, Hardaway, and Curry played 1.5 minutes together.
Wright, Cauley-Stein, Kleber, Hardaway, and Curry played 1.2 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Jackson, Kleber, Brunson, and Hardaway played 1.1 minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Hachimura, Bonga, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 4.0 minutes together.
Brown, Hachimura, Mathews, Bertans, and Napier played 4.0 minutes together.
Mahinmi, Bonga, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 3.3 minutes together.
Mahinmi, Brown, Hachimura, Smith, and Beal played 3.2 minutes together.
Brown, Wagner, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.2 minutes together.
Brown, Wagner, Hachimura, Smith, and Beal played 2.2 minutes together.
Brown, Hachimura, Bertans, Beal, and Napier played 2.0 minutes together.
Brown, Hachimura, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.0 minutes together.
Wagner, Bonga, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 1.5 minutes together.
Brown, Wagner, Mathews, Bertans, and Napier played 1.4 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.

Bradley Beal covered 4.47 km, more than anyone in the game.

Bradley Beal touched the ball 85 times, a game high.
Jalen Brunson made 60 passes, a game high.
Maxi Kleber defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Troy Brown Jr. had 13 rebound chances, a game high.

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Dallas Mavericks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Dorian Finney-Smith	4.26	6.9	42	30
Tim Hardaway Jr.	4.01	6.4	57	35
Jalen Brunson	3.75	6.7	76	60
Seth Curry	3.41	6.6	53	31
Maxi Kleber	3.22	6.8	39	34
Delon Wright	2.46	7.1	57	44
Kristaps Porziņģis	2.27	6.0	45	29
Courtney Lee	2.17	7.1	18	11
Justin Jackson	1.45	7.0	22	14
Willie Cauley-Stein	1.11	7.0	21	16
Ryan Broekhoff	0.71	7.4	7	5

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Bradley Beal	4.47	6.5	85	48
Davis Bertans	3.86	6.8	41	26
Ish Smith	3.65	6.9	62	47
Rui Hachimura	3.54	7.0	44	27
Troy Brown Jr.	3.39	6.9	27

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 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Dallas Mavericks

Kristaps Porziņģis contested 12.8 shots per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 9 of 352 in the league.
Jalen Brunson drew 0.22 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 13 of 352 in the league.
Willie Cauley-Stein defended 5.0 shots at the rim per game over his 54 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 12 of 141 in the league.

Washington Wizards

Moritz Wagner drew 0.60 charges per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 1 of 352 in the league.
Bradley Beal drew 0.23 charges per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 12 of 352 in the league.
Davis Bertans drew 0.19 charges per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 21 of 352 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 38 of their 89 games against the Dallas Mavericks.

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Game context

Attendance

20.476

100.7% of capacity

Capital One Arena · Washington

Scoring

237

combined points

13.4 above the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

18 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors