Los Angeles Lakers – Philadelphia 76ers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 27 January 2021

LAL106–107PHI

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↑ PHI winsLAL wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Joel Embiid decided it, the Philadelphia 76ers player with the most points (28, with 6 rebounds and 4 assists; +8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Danny Green's (+8). 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 Philadelphia 76ers 107-106 Los Angeles Lakers (January 27, 2021) was hit by Tobias Harris: a jump shot with 3.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Philadelphia 76ers up 107-106. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Philadelphia 76ers 107-106 Los Angeles Lakers (January 27, 2021) was a 13-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers in the fourth quarter (from 3:01 to 11.2 s), from 93-105 to 106-105. The Philadelphia 76ers' best was a 10-0 run in the third quarter (from 11:02 to 9:48), from 55-53 to 65-53.

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Play: Tobias Harris makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Seth Curry 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.

Tobias Harris decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3 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 Harris 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.

27 January 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267436:673; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Davis · Schroder · Caldwell-Pope · Caruso

Closing lineup · PHI

Simmons · Embiid · Harris · Green · Curry

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LAL

LeBron James

39′ · +3

Anthony Davis

35′ · -4

Dennis Schroder

29′ · 0

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

27′ · +1

Marc Gasol

24′ · -9

Kyle Kuzma

16′ · -5

Wesley Matthews

20′ · 0

Montrezl Harrell

15′ · -6

Markieff Morris

13′ · +3

Talen Horton-Tucker

7′ · +4

Alex Caruso

16′ · +8

PHI

Ben Simmons

39′ · -11

Joel Embiid

38′ · +8

Tobias Harris

37′ · -3

Danny Green

36′ · +8

Seth Curry

31′ · +3

Matisse Thybulle

15′ · +1

Shake Milton

21′ · +5

Furkan Korkmaz

11′ · +4

Dwight Howard

7′ · -6

Tyrese Maxey

6′ · -4

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Los Angeles Lakers

Gasol, Davis, Schroder, Caldwell-Pope, and James played 16.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Harrell, Kuzma, Matthews, Morris, and James played 7.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Harrell, Caruso, Matthews, Davis, and James played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Simmons, Green, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 23.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Simmons, Milton, Green, Harris, and Embiid played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Milton, Thybulle, and Howard played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Caruso, Davis, Schroder, Caldwell-Pope, and James played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Kuzma, Horton-Tucker, Matthews, Morris, and James played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Harrell, Kuzma, Matthews, Davis, and Schroder played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Caruso, Horton-Tucker, Gasol, Morris, and James played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Kuzma, Gasol, Davis, Schroder, and Caldwell-Pope played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Caruso, Gasol, Davis, Schroder, and Caldwell-Pope played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Caruso, Matthews, Davis, Schroder, and Caldwell-Pope played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Philadelphia 76ers

Simmons, Korkmaz, Green, Curry, and Embiid played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Milton, Thybulle, Maxey, Harris, and Embiid played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Simmons, Thybulle, Green, Curry, and Embiid played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simmons, Milton, Thybulle, Maxey, and Howard played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Milton, Green, Harris, Curry, and Embiid played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Milton, Thybulle, Maxey, Harris, and Howard played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Milton, Thybulle, and Harris played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Korkmaz, Milton, Thybulle, Green, and Embiid played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Simmons, Korkmaz, Milton, Harris, and Curry played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Korkmaz, Milton, Thybulle, Harris, and Howard played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Milton, Maxey, Green, Harris, and Embiid played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost 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.

Danny Green covered 4.67 km, more than anyone in the game.

LeBron James touched the ball 102 times, a game high.
Ben Simmons made 76 passes, a game high.
Joel Embiid defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
LeBron James	4.05	5.9	102	71
Dennis Schröder	3.89	7.4	58	42
Anthony Davis	3.72	6.0	66	41
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	3.27	6.7	23	18
Wesley Matthews	2.53	7.1	17	13
Marc Gasol	2.46	5.7	35	26
Kyle Kuzma	2.00	7.1	21	13
Alex Caruso	1.93	6.8	25	18
Montrezl Harrell	1.63	6.1	11	10
Markieff Morris	1.40	5.9	10	4
Talen Horton-Tucker	0.88	7.2	11	7

Philadelphia 76ers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Danny Green	4.67	7.2	46	34
Ben Simmons	4.51	6.5	99	76
Tobias Harris	3.99	6.1	72	50
Joel Embiid	3.89	5.8	68	39
Seth Curry	3.56	6.5	30	22

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 2020-21 regular season, not this game.

Los Angeles Lakers

Montrezl Harrell drew 0.32 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 7 of 364 in the league.
Alex Caruso drew 0.26 charges per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 12 of 364 in the league.
Anthony Davis contested 10.0 shots per game over his 36 games.
He ranks 17 of 364 in the league.

Philadelphia 76ers

Ben Simmons deflected 3.5 passes per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 5 of 364 in the league.
Matisse Thybulle deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 8 of 364 in the league.
Danny Green deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 27 of 364 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 Philadelphia 76ers have won 30 of their 63 games against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Game context

Scoring

213

combined points

11.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

28 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 01:31.8

Joel Embiid → Anthony Davis

Embiid (PHI) slides his pivot foot at the start of his dribble.