Denver Nuggets – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 17 February 2021

DEN128–130WAS

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 81% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ WAS winsDEN wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Davis Bertans decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (35, with 3 rebounds and 1 assists; +10 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Deni Avdija's (+14). 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 130-128 Denver Nuggets (February 17, 2021) was hit by Bradley Beal: a free throw with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 129-128. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 130-128 Denver Nuggets (February 17, 2021) was a 11-0 run by the Washington Wizards between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 61-64 to 72-64. The Denver Nuggets' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 10:18 to 8:32), from 4-5 to 14-5.

With 35 points, this is Davis Bertans's highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

What were the keys of the last Washington Wizards vs Denver Nuggets game?

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Play: Bradley Beal makes free throw 1 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.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Bradley Beal decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 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.

17 February 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401267597:666; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DEN

Murray · Jokic · Porter · Green · Campazzo

Closing lineup · WAS

Westbrook · Beal · Hachimura · Bertans · Lopez

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DEN

Jamal Murray

40′ · +3

Nikola Jokic

37′ · +5

Michael Porter Jr.

31′ · +1

JaMychal Green

30′ · +8

Gary Harris

28′ · +10

Facundo Campazzo

25′ · -7

Monte Morris

19′ · -10

Zeke Nnaji

13′ · -8

Isaiah Hartenstein

10′ · -7

R.J. Hampton

7′ · -5

WAS

Russell Westbrook

39′ · 0

Bradley Beal

37′ · -1

Rui Hachimura

29′ · -6

Garrison Mathews

17′ · -16

Moritz Wagner

3′ · -6

Alex Len

18′ · +2

Raul Neto

20′ · +2

Davis Bertans

30′ · +10

Robin Lopez

27′ · +11

Deni Avdija

21′ · +14

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Denver Nuggets

Murray, Porter, Green, Harris, and Jokic played 22.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Murray, Hartenstein, Morris, Nnaji, and Campazzo played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Murray, Campazzo, Green, Harris, and Jokic played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Washington Wizards

Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Neto played 11.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, Beal, and Len played 11.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Beal played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Denver Nuggets

Murray, Hartenstein, Morris, Hampton, and Campazzo played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Morris, Hampton, Nnaji, Campazzo, and Jokic played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Morris, Porter, Campazzo, Green, and Jokic played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Morris, Porter, Nnaji, Campazzo, and Jokic played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Murray, Porter, Campazzo, Harris, and Jokic played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Murray, Morris, Hampton, Nnaji, and Campazzo played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Washington Wizards

Avdija, Lopez, Bertans, Beal, and Neto played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wagner, Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, and Beal played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Hachimura, Bertans, Beal, Len, and Neto played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, and Beal played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Mathews, Westbrook, Lopez, and Beal played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hachimura, Avdija, Westbrook, Beal, and Len played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Avdija, Bertans, Beal, Len, and Neto played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost 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.

Jamal Murray covered 5.08 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 113 times, a game high.
Russell Westbrook made 83 passes, a game high.
Nikola Jokić had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

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Denver Nuggets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jamal Murray	5.08	7.2	93	57
Nikola Jokić	4.09	6.3	102	75
Michael Porter Jr.	3.88	7.2	44	29
JaMychal Green	3.70	7.0	23	18
Gary Harris	3.44	6.9	23	13
Facundo Campazzo	3.19	7.1	48	38
Monte Morris	2.41	7.0	29	19
Zeke Nnaji	1.79	7.4	13	9
Isaiah Hartenstein	1.27	7.2	19	14
R.J. Hampton	0.90	6.9	7	4

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Russell Westbrook	4.34	6.2	113	83
Bradley Beal	4.25	6.6	64	38
Rui Hachimura	3.80	7.3	43	30
Davis Bertans	3.56	6.7	36	20
Robin Lopez	3.02	6.3	31

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.

Denver Nuggets

Facundo Campazzo deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 17 of 364 in the league.
Nikola Jokić deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 21 of 364 in the league.
Jamal Murray recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 48 games.
He ranks 23 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.
Garrison Mathews drew 0.22 charges per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 22 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 43 of their 104 games against the Denver Nuggets.

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Game context

Scoring

258

combined points

33.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

16 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:02.0

Robin Lopez → Facundo Campazzo

Lopez (WAS) extends into Campazzo's (DEN) path while setting the screen and does not give him room to avoid the contact.

Foul: Offensive · 01:00.4

Michael Porter Jr. → Bradley Beal

Porter Jr. (DEN) kicks his leg out unnaturally during his shot attempt and makes contact with Beal that affects his ability to defend.