Washington Wizards – Dallas Mavericks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 1 May 2021

WAS124–125DAL

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It was more exciting than 76% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 17 times

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

This is how the game was decided.

Luka Dončić decided it, the Dallas Mavericks player with the most points (31, with 12 rebounds and 20 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Trey Burke'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 Dallas Mavericks 125-124 Washington Wizards (May 1, 2021) was hit by Dorian Finney-Smith: a three-pointer with 9.3 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Dallas Mavericks up 125-124. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Dallas Mavericks 125-124 Washington Wizards (May 1, 2021) was a 8-0 run by the Dallas Mavericks in the first quarter (from 8:43 to 7:48), from 11-7 to 19-7. The Washington Wizards' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 1:47 to 55.9 s), from 53-66 to 61-66.

What were the keys of the last Dallas Mavericks vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Dorian Finney-Smith makes three point jumper (Luka Doncic 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.

Dorian Finney-Smith decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 9.3 seconds left in 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 Finney-Smith 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.

1 May 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307767:661; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · WAS

Westbrook · Beal · Neto · Hachimura · Bertans

Closing lineup · DAL

Finney-Smith · Doncic · Richardson · Cauley-Stein · Hardaway

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WAS

Russell Westbrook

40′ · -3

Bradley Beal

37′ · 0

Raul Neto

29′ · +12

Rui Hachimura

29′ · -3

Alex Len

5′ · -11

Davis Bertans

26′ · +4

Daniel Gafford

25′ · -7

Ish Smith

24′ · -3

Chandler Hutchison

8′ · -11

Robin Lopez

18′ · +17

DAL

Dorian Finney-Smith

40′ · +4

Luka Doncic

39′ · +6

Maxi Kleber

27′ · -6

Josh Richardson

23′ · -6

Dwight Powell

19′ · +1

Willie Cauley-Stein

27′ · -3

Tim Hardaway Jr.

27′ · +7

Jalen Brunson

15′ · -9

Nicolo Melli

10′ · +2

Trey Burke

12′ · +9

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 DAL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Hachimura, Gafford, Westbrook, Beal, and Neto played 10.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Westbrook, Lopez, Bertans, Beal, and Neto played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Beal, Len, and Neto played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.

Dallas Mavericks

Richardson, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Doncic, and Powell played 10.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Doncic, Hardaway, and Burke played 7.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Cauley-Stein, Richardson, Finney-Smith, Kleber, and Doncic played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Washington Wizards

Hutchison, Gafford, Westbrook, Smith, and Bertans played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hachimura, Gafford, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hutchison, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Lopez, Smith, Bertans, Beal, and Neto played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Beal, and Neto played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Gafford, Westbrook, Smith, Bertans, and Beal played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hachimura, Gafford, Westbrook, Smith, and Beal played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, Bertans, and Neto played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Westbrook, Lopez, Smith, and Bertans played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Gafford, Smith, Beal, and Neto played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Gafford, Westbrook, Bertans, and Beal played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Dallas Mavericks

Finney-Smith, Doncic, Hardaway, Burke, and Powell played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Cauley-Stein, Richardson, Brunson, Melli, and Hardaway played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Doncic, Melli, and Hardaway played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Richardson, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Brunson, and Powell played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Brunson, and Doncic played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Kleber, Brunson, Doncic, Melli, and Hardaway played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Doncic, and Hardaway played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Cauley-Stein, Brunson, Doncic, Melli, and Hardaway played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Cauley-Stein, Finney-Smith, Kleber, Brunson, and Hardaway played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Finney-Smith, Kleber, Brunson, Doncic, and Powell played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Finney-Smith, Kleber, Doncic, Hardaway, and Powell played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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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.

Dorian Finney-Smith covered 4.81 km, more than anyone in the game.

Luka Dončić touched the ball 115 times, a game high.
Luka Dončić made 79 passes, a game high.
Willie Cauley-Stein had 17 rebound chances, a game high.

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Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Russell Westbrook	4.44	6.1	96	57
Bradley Beal	4.20	6.4	57	28
Raul Neto	3.52	6.5	25	18
Rui Hachimura	3.35	6.5	38	23
Daniel Gafford	2.98	6.6	27	20
Davis Bertans	2.94	6.5	13	6
Ish Smith	2.93	6.9	31	22
Robin Lopez	2.09	6.5	11	7
Chandler Hutchison	1.01	7.4	6	4
Alex Len	0.63	7.2	7	5

Dallas Mavericks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Dorian Finney-Smith	4.81	6.6	67	49
Luka Dončić	4.30	6.1	115	79
Willie Cauley-Stein	3.33	7.0	48	41
Tim Hardaway Jr.	3.12	6.6	42	29
Maxi Kleber	3.11	6.4	25

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.
Daniel Gafford defended 4.7 shots at the rim per game over his 52 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 9 of 143 in the league.

Dallas Mavericks

Tim Hardaway Jr. drew 0.24 charges per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 16 of 364 in the league.
Luka Dončić recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 20 of 364 in the league.
Jalen Brunson drew 0.16 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 34 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.

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Game context

Attendance

4351

22.7% of capacity

American Airlines Center · Dallas

Scoring

249

combined points

24.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

18 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors