Phoenix Suns – Milwaukee Bucks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 19 April 2021

PHX128–127MIL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 98% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 47 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MIL winsPHX wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Devin Booker decided it, the Phoenix Suns player with the most points (24, with 7 rebounds and 7 assists; 0 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Chris Paul's (+9). 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 Milwaukee Bucks 127-128 Phoenix Suns (April 19, 2021) was hit by Devin Booker: a free throw with 0.3 s left in overtime, putting the Phoenix Suns up 128-127. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Milwaukee Bucks 127-128 Phoenix Suns (April 19, 2021) was a 10-0 run by the Phoenix Suns in the fourth quarter (from 4:25 to 2:26), from 102-109 to 112-109. The Milwaukee Bucks' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 3:39 to 2:00), from 15-21 to 22-21.

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Play: Devin Booker 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.

Devin Booker decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.3 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 10 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Booker 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.

19 April 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307671:701; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHX

Booker · Bridges · Ayton · Paul · Crowder

Closing lineup · MIL

Holiday · Middleton · Lopez · DiVincenzo · Tucker

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PHX

Devin Booker

44′ · 0

Mikal Bridges

40′ · +6

Deandre Ayton

40′ · +1

Chris Paul

38′ · +9

Dario Saric

18′ · +2

Jae Crowder

30′ · 0

Cameron Johnson

19′ · -5

Cameron Payne

15′ · -8

Jevon Carter

7′ · +3

Torrey Craig

14′ · -3

MIL

Jrue Holiday

40′ · +1

Khris Middleton

38′ · -6

Giannis Antetokounmpo

35′ · -3

Brook Lopez

33′ · 0

Donte DiVincenzo

31′ · -6

Bryn Forbes

14′ · +3

Pat Connaughton

23′ · +3

P.J. Tucker

21′ · +3

Bobby Portis

14′ · -1

Thanasis Antetokounmpo

1′ · 0

Jeff Teague

12′ · +1

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Phoenix Suns

Paul, Booker, Bridges, Ayton, and Crowder played 14.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Paul, Booker, Bridges, Ayton, and Saric played 8.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Booker, Payne, Ayton, Johnson, and Crowder played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Milwaukee Bucks

DiVincenzo, Lopez, Holiday, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 16.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Tucker, Teague, and Middleton played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Connaughton, DiVincenzo, Tucker, Holiday, and Middleton played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Phoenix Suns

Booker, Payne, Craig, Bridges, and Ayton played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Booker, Bridges, Ayton, and Johnson played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Payne, Craig, Johnson, and Saric played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Paul, Craig, Carter, Johnson, and Crowder played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Booker, Payne, Bridges, Ayton, and Crowder played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Paul, Booker, Bridges, Crowder, and Saric played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Craig, Carter, Johnson, and Saric played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Paul, Craig, Carter, Ayton, and Johnson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Paul, Craig, Bridges, Ayton, and Crowder played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Payne, Bridges, Johnson, and Saric played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Booker, Payne, Bridges, Crowder, and Saric played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Milwaukee Bucks

Connaughton, Forbes, Tucker, Lopez, and Holiday played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Forbes, Lopez, Holiday, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Forbes, Tucker, and Holiday played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Forbes, DiVincenzo, Lopez, Holiday, and Antetokounmpo played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
DiVincenzo, Lopez, Teague, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Portis, Connaughton, DiVincenzo, Tucker, and Middleton played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Holiday, Teague, and Antetokounmpo played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Portis, Connaughton, Teague, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Connaughton, Tucker, Lopez, Holiday, and Antetokounmpo played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Portis, DiVincenzo, Teague, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
DiVincenzo, Tucker, Holiday, Middleton, and Antetokounmpo played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Forbes, Tucker, Lopez, Holiday, and Antetokounmpo played 1.0 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.

Devin Booker covered 5.33 km, more than anyone in the game.

Chris Paul touched the ball 103 times, a game high.
Chris Paul made 78 passes, a game high.
Deandre Ayton had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

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Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Devin Booker	5.33	6.7	71	38
Mikal Bridges	5.02	7.0	36	23
Deandre Ayton	4.34	6.1	50	37
Chris Paul	4.09	6.0	103	78
Jae Crowder	3.86	7.1	57	46
Cameron Johnson	2.37	6.9	17	9
Dario Saric	2.20	6.7	35	24
Cameron Payne	1.87	7.0	42	31
Torrey Craig	1.79	7.1	24	19
Jevon Carter	0.97	7.5	11	8

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jrue Holiday	4.84	6.7	77	54
Khris Middleton	4.62	6.7	74	47
Giannis Antetokounmpo	4.22	6.7	65	33
Donte DiVincenzo	4.07	7.1	42	29
Brook Lopez	3.60	6.1	30

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.

Phoenix Suns

Deandre Ayton contested 13.2 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 5 of 364 in the league.
Chris Paul recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 11 of 364 in the league.
Cameron Payne drew 0.14 charges per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 40 of 364 in the league.

Milwaukee Bucks

Brook Lopez contested 17.0 shots per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 1 of 364 in the league.
Jrue Holiday recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 1 of 364 in the league.
Giannis Antetokounmpo recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 61 games.
He ranks 8 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 Milwaukee Bucks have won 83 of their 164 games against the Phoenix Suns.

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Game context

Attendance

3280

18.9% of capacity

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Scoring

255

combined points

30.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

27 calls reviewed4 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 00:00.1

Pat Connaughton → Suns

Connaughton (MIL) is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.

Stoppage: TimeOut · 00:02.5

Mike Budenholzer

Milwaukee signals for a timeout while neither team is in possession of the ball and they are granted the timeout.

Foul: Offensive · 00:28

Deandre Ayton → Donte DiVincenzo

Ayton (PHX) extends his arm against DiVincenzo's (MIL) body off ball and contact dislodges him from his position.

Foul: Personal · 01:05.1

Donte DiVincenzo → Deandre Ayton

DiVincenzo (MIL) makes contact with Ayton's (PHX) wrist in the lane and contact causes him to lose control of the ball.