Brooklyn Nets – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 31 January 2021

BKN146–149WAS

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↑ 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.

Russell Westbrook decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (41, with 10 rebounds and 8 assists; +7 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Ish Smith's (+24). 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 149-146 Brooklyn Nets (January 31, 2021) was hit by Russell Westbrook: a three-pointer with 4.3 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 147-146. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 149-146 Brooklyn Nets (January 31, 2021) was a 12-0 run by the Washington Wizards between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 25-38 to 37-38. The Brooklyn Nets' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 9:42 to 8:57), from 6-4 to 14-4.

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

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Play: Russell Westbrook makes 24-foot three point jumper (Garrison Mathews 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.

Russell Westbrook decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 4.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 8 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Westbrook 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.

31 January 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267470:707; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BKN

Durant · Irving · Harris · Green · Luwawu-Cabarrot

Closing lineup · WAS

Beal · Westbrook · Hachimura · Smith · Bonga

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BKN

Kevin Durant

38′ · +6

Kyrie Irving

38′ · +3

Bruce Brown

32′ · +3

Joe Harris

32′ · -2

DeAndre Jordan

19′ · +14

Jeff Green

30′ · -19

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot

17′ · +4

Landry Shamet

20′ · -7

Reggie Perry

7′ · -11

Tyler Johnson

6′ · -6

WAS

Bradley Beal

38′ · -12

Russell Westbrook

35′ · +7

Rui Hachimura

29′ · -2

Robin Lopez

18′ · -13

Deni Avdija

16′ · -9

Davis Bertans

30′ · +3

Garrison Mathews

26′ · +8

Ish Smith

24′ · +24

Alex Len

4′ · -4

Moritz Wagner

21′ · +11

Isaac Bonga

0′ · +2

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

Brown, Durant, Jordan, Irving, and Harris played 13.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Brown, Durant, Green, Irving, and Harris played 6.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Shamet, Durant, Green, and Irving played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

Washington Wizards

Hachimura, Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, and Beal played 9.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 13 points.
Wagner, Mathews, Westbrook, Smith, and Bertans played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Beal played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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Brooklyn Nets

Shamet, Perry, Green, Harris, and Johnson played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brown, Durant, Jordan, and Irving played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Brown, Shamet, Durant, Green, and Irving played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brown, Shamet, Green, and Harris played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Shamet, Perry, Green, and Irving played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Durant, Green, Irving, and Harris played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Durant, Green, Jordan, Harris, and Johnson played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Washington Wizards

Mathews, Smith, Bertans, Beal, and Len played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, Bertans, and Beal played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Wagner, Mathews, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Wagner, Hachimura, Mathews, Smith, and Beal played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Wagner, Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, and Smith played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wagner, Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, and Beal played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Wagner, Mathews, Avdija, Westbrook, and Bertans played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Wagner, Avdija, Westbrook, Bertans, and Beal played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Wagner, Avdija, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Mathews, Lopez, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hachimura, Avdija, Lopez, Smith, and Beal played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 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.

Bradley Beal covered 4.44 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 93 times, a game high.
Kyrie Irving made 63 passes, a game high.
Bruce Brown had 22 rebound chances, a game high.

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Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kevin Durant	4.41	6.6	87	57
Kyrie Irving	4.36	6.4	91	63
Bruce Brown	4.05	7.2	34	29
Joe Harris	4.02	7.1	52	31
Jeff Green	3.36	6.2	47	31
Landry Shamet	2.70	7.6	34	24
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	2.43	7.9	28	19
DeAndre Jordan	2.09	6.3	34	27
Reggie Perry	0.90	7.2	13	12
Tyler Johnson	0.82	7.7	10	7

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Bradley Beal	4.44	6.7	72	44
Russell Westbrook	4.04	6.6	93	56
Davis Bertans	3.93	7.3	38	25
Rui Hachimura	3.72	7.3	40	28
Garrison Mathews	3.33	7.1	23

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.

Brooklyn Nets

Kyrie Irving deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 14 of 364 in the league.
DeAndre Jordan contested 8.7 shots per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 33 of 364 in the league.
Tyler Johnson drew 0.15 charges per game over his 34 games.
He ranks 36 of 364 in the league.

Washington Wizards

Russell Westbrook recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 4 of 364 in the league.
Moritz Wagner drew 0.33 charges per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 6 of 364 in the league.
Ish Smith drew 0.26 charges per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 12 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 Washington Wizards have won 26 of their 50 games against the Brooklyn Nets.

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Game context

Scoring

295

combined points

70.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

12 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Inbound Turnover · 00:02.9

Kyrie Irving → Wizards

Irving (BKN) leaves the designated throw-in spot, taking more than one step to the left before making the inbound pass. From available angles, Bonga (WAS) also appears to step on the boundary line.