Houston Rockets – Golden State Warriors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 21 January 2022

HOU103–105GSW

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 89% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 28 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.

↑ GSW winsHOU wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Stephen Curry decided it, the Golden State Warriors player with the most points (22, with 4 rebounds and 12 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jordan Poole's (+18). 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 Golden State Warriors 105-103 Houston Rockets (January 21, 2022) was hit by Stephen Curry: a jump shot with 1.6 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Golden State Warriors up 105-103. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Golden State Warriors 105-103 Houston Rockets (January 21, 2022) was a 13-0 run by the Golden State Warriors in the third quarter (from 8:32 to 5:36), from 49-63 to 62-63. The Houston Rockets' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 4:18 to 2:15), from 16-18 to 26-18.

What were the keys of the last Golden State Warriors vs Houston Rockets game?

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Play: Stephen Curry makes 20-foot step back jumpshot.

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.

Stephen Curry decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 9 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Curry 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.

21 January 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360513:669; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

Gordon · Wood · Porter · Tate · Martin

Closing lineup · GSW

Curry · Wiggins · Poole · Porter · Lee

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HOU

Eric Gordon

34′ · -14

Christian Wood

34′ · -3

Kevin Porter Jr.

34′ · -3

Jalen Green

25′ · -13

Jae'Sean Tate

22′ · -7

KJ Martin

26′ · +3

Garrison Mathews

24′ · +8

Armoni Brooks

14′ · +6

Alperen Sengun

14′ · +1

Josh Christopher

14′ · +12

GSW

Stephen Curry

39′ · +2

Andrew Wiggins

35′ · +5

Kevon Looney

32′ · +6

Jordan Poole

32′ · +18

Otto Porter Jr.

27′ · +16

Gary Payton II

21′ · -9

Damion Lee

21′ · -12

Nemanja Bjelica

16′ · -6

Jonathan Kuminga

15′ · -7

Juan Toscano-Anderson

3′ · -3

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

Wood, Porter, Green, Tate, and Gordon played 15.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.
Brooks, Mathews, Martin, Sengun, and Gordon played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Wood, Porter, Brooks, Mathews, and Martin played 6.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Golden State Warriors

Looney, Poole, Curry, Porter, and Wiggins played 22.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 16 points.
Payton, Lee, Kuminga, Curry, and Bjelica played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Looney, Payton, Lee, Curry, and Wiggins played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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Houston Rockets

Mathews, Martin, Christopher, Sengun, and Gordon played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Wood, Porter, Green, Martin, and Gordon played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Mathews, Tate, Christopher, Sengun, and Gordon played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Wood, Porter, Green, Tate, and Christopher played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Wood, Porter, Mathews, Martin, and Christopher played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Wood, Porter, Green, Martin, and Christopher played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Wood, Porter, Mathews, Green, and Martin played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Golden State Warriors

Lee, Toscano-Anderson, Poole, Kuminga, and Bjelica played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Payton, Lee, Poole, Kuminga, and Bjelica played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Payton, Lee, Curry, Bjelica, and Wiggins played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Looney, Payton, Kuminga, Curry, and Wiggins played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Payton, Poole, Kuminga, Bjelica, and Porter played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Looney, Payton, Lee, Poole, and Wiggins played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Looney, Lee, Curry, Porter, and Wiggins played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Payton, Kuminga, Curry, Bjelica, and Porter played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost 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.

Stephen Curry covered 4.49 km, more than anyone in the game.

Kevin Porter Jr. touched the ball 90 times, a game high.
Kevin Porter Jr. made 72 passes, a game high.
Kevon Looney defended 12 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Kevon Looney had 27 rebound chances, a game high.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kevin Porter Jr.	3.86	6.4	90	72
Christian Wood	3.62	6.0	73	55
Eric Gordon	3.54	5.9	53	40
Jalen Green	3.11	6.8	34	17
KJ Martin	2.82	6.0	43	32
Garrison Mathews	2.78	6.5	26	17
Jae'Sean Tate	2.69	6.8	34	22
Armoni Brooks	1.64	6.7	24	18
Josh Christopher	1.63	6.6	20	11
Alperen Sengun	1.51	5.9	29	18

Golden State Warriors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Stephen Curry	4.49	6.5	83	56
Andrew Wiggins	3.81	6.1	46	24
Kevon Looney	3.77	6.6	47	41
Jordan Poole	3.65	6.4	65	44
Otto Porter Jr.	3.27	6.8	54

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 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Houston Rockets

Garrison Mathews drew 0.38 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 3 of 386 in the league.
Jae'Sean Tate drew 0.23 charges per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 12 of 386 in the league.
Christian Wood contested 10.5 shots per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 13 of 386 in the league.

Golden State Warriors

Stephen Curry recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 13 of 386 in the league.
Gary Payton II deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 21 of 386 in the league.
Kevon Looney contested 8.6 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 35 of 386 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 Golden State Warriors have won 67 of their 138 games against the Houston Rockets.

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Game context

Attendance

18.064

100% of capacity

Chase Center · San Francisco

Scoring

208

combined points

13.2 below the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

31 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors