Washington Wizards – Toronto Raptors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 April 2021

WAS101–103TOR

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 83% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ TOR winsWAS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Pascal Siakam decided it, the Toronto Raptors player with the most points (22, with 5 rebounds and 3 assists; -20 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Aron Baynes's (+20). 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 Toronto Raptors 103-101 Washington Wizards (April 5, 2021) was hit by Gary Trent Jr.: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Toronto Raptors up 103-101. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Toronto Raptors 103-101 Washington Wizards (April 5, 2021) was a 12-0 run by the Toronto Raptors in the fourth quarter (from 8:37 to 5:59), from 84-90 to 96-90. The Washington Wizards' best was a 12-0 run in the first quarter (from 10:32 to 8:29), from 0-1 to 12-1.

What were the keys of the last Toronto Raptors vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Gary Trent Jr. makes three pointer.

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.

Gary Trent Jr. decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Trent 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.

5 April 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307553:673; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · WAS

Westbrook · Avdija · Neto · Bertans · Gill

Closing lineup · TOR

Anunoby · Siakam · Trent · Bembry · Flynn

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WAS

Russell Westbrook

40′ · -4

Deni Avdija

40′ · +8

Alex Len

29′ · +11

Raul Neto

26′ · +7

Davis Bertans

24′ · +12

Ish Smith

21′ · -10

Garrison Mathews

29′ · -8

Robin Lopez

9′ · -7

Chandler Hutchison

13′ · -15

Anthony Gill

10′ · -4

TOR

OG Anunoby

38′ · +4

Pascal Siakam

36′ · -20

Gary Trent Jr.

31′ · -17

DeAndre' Bembry

30′ · +1

Chris Boucher

20′ · -14

Malachi Flynn

34′ · +11

Aron Baynes

21′ · +20

Stanley Johnson

12′ · +7

Yuta Watanabe

18′ · +18

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Avdija, Westbrook, Bertans, Len, and Neto played 15.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Mathews, Avdija, Westbrook, Smith, and Len played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hutchison, Mathews, Westbrook, Lopez, and Smith played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.

Toronto Raptors

Bembry, Siakam, Anunoby, Boucher, and Trent played 14.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Bembry, Anunoby, Watanabe, Flynn, and Baynes played 5.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 15 points.
Bembry, Siakam, Anunoby, Trent, and Flynn played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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Washington Wizards

Mathews, Avdija, Westbrook, Bertans, and Len played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Hutchison, Mathews, Gill, Westbrook, and Smith played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Mathews, Avdija, Westbrook, Lopez, and Neto played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Avdija, Gill, Westbrook, Bertans, and Neto played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hutchison, Mathews, Avdija, Gill, and Smith played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Mathews, Avdija, Bertans, Len, and Neto played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Mathews, Avdija, Lopez, Smith, and Neto played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Hutchison, Mathews, Avdija, Smith, and Len played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Mathews, Avdija, Gill, Westbrook, and Smith played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Mathews, Avdija, Smith, Len, and Neto played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Toronto Raptors

Johnson, Anunoby, Watanabe, Flynn, and Baynes played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Johnson, Siakam, Trent, Flynn, and Baynes played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Johnson, Siakam, Trent, Watanabe, and Flynn played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Bembry, Siakam, Anunoby, Flynn, and Baynes played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Anunoby, Boucher, Watanabe, Flynn, and Baynes played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Johnson, Siakam, Anunoby, Trent, and Flynn played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bembry, Siakam, Watanabe, Flynn, and Baynes played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bembry, Siakam, Boucher, Trent, and Flynn played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Siakam, Anunoby, Boucher, Trent, and Flynn played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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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.

Deni Avdija covered 4.78 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 106 times, a game high.
Alex Len defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Russell Westbrook had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Deni Avdija	4.78	6.8	59	47
Russell Westbrook	4.54	6.4	106	65
Garrison Mathews	3.72	7.1	26	15
Alex Len	3.49	6.8	35	22
Raul Neto	3.23	7.1	39	26
Davis Bertans	3.02	7.0	33	23
Ish Smith	2.74	7.3	52	36
Chandler Hutchison	1.67	7.4	25	17
Anthony Gill	1.24	6.9	15	8
Robin Lopez	1.05	6.7	9	7

Toronto Raptors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
OG Anunoby	4.49	6.6	57	33
Pascal Siakam	4.26	6.6	72	48
Malachi Flynn	4.25	7.0	68	49
DeAndre' Bembry	3.86	7.2	76	65
Gary Trent Jr.	3.59	6.4	33

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.

Washington Wizards

Russell Westbrook recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 4 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.
Robin Lopez contested 9.6 shots per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 22 of 364 in the league.

Toronto Raptors

Chris Boucher contested 11.8 shots per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 6 of 364 in the league.
Pascal Siakam recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 8 of 364 in the league.
OG Anunoby deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 9 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 Toronto Raptors have won 73 of their 122 games against the Washington Wizards.

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Game context

Attendance

1620

8.2% of capacity

Scotiabank Arena · Toronto

Scoring

204

combined points

20.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

12 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:27.4

Pascal Siakam → Anthony Gill

Gill (WAS) has his foot inside of the restricted area when the contact occurs with Siakam (TOR) during his driving shot attempt.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:45.7

Gary Trent Jr. → Wizards

Trent Jr. (TOR) lifts his pivot foot at the start of his dribble.