Sacramento Kings – Dallas Mavericks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 March 2022

SAC113–114DAL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 86% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 16 times

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.

↑ DAL winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Spencer Dinwiddie decided it, the Dallas Mavericks player with the most points (36, with 2 rebounds and 7 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Josh Green's (+5). 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 114-113 Sacramento Kings (March 5, 2022) was hit by Dorian Finney-Smith: a three-pointer with 3.8 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Dallas Mavericks up 114-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Dallas Mavericks 114-113 Sacramento Kings (March 5, 2022) was a 8-0 run by the Dallas Mavericks in the third quarter (from 3:36 to 1:44), from 74-87 to 82-87. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 5:10 to 4:09), from 45-34 to 53-34.

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Play: Dorian Finney-Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson 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 3.8 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.

5 March 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360773:686; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAC

Fox · Barnes · Sabonis · Holiday · DiVincenzo

Closing lineup · DAL

Bullock · Brunson · Dinwiddie · Finney-Smith · Green

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SAC

De'Aaron Fox

40′ · +6

Harrison Barnes

38′ · +5

Domantas Sabonis

32′ · +1

Justin Holiday

29′ · +5

Trey Lyles

18′ · +11

Donte DiVincenzo

34′ · -9

Richaun Holmes

16′ · 0

Davion Mitchell

23′ · -18

Chimezie Metu

10′ · -6

DAL

Reggie Bullock Jr.

42′ · +2

Jalen Brunson

37′ · +1

Spencer Dinwiddie

36′ · +5

Dorian Finney-Smith

33′ · -6

Dwight Powell

28′ · -5

Josh Green

29′ · +5

Davis Bertans

15′ · +2

Trey Burke

4′ · -2

Sterling Brown

9′ · +2

Frank Ntilikina

8′ · 0

Boban Marjanovic

0′ · 0

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Sacramento Kings

Lyles, Sabonis, Fox, Barnes, and Holiday played 14.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Holmes, Fox, DiVincenzo, Mitchell, and Barnes played 7.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Sabonis, DiVincenzo, Metu, Mitchell, and Holiday played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.

Dallas Mavericks

Finney-Smith, Brunson, Bullock, Dinwiddie, and Powell played 13.7 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Brunson, Green, Bullock, and Dinwiddie played 5.5 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Green, Bullock, Dinwiddie, and Powell played 5.2 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Dallas Mavericks lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

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Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Fox, DiVincenzo, Barnes, and Holiday played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Holmes, Fox, DiVincenzo, Metu, and Mitchell played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Sabonis, Fox, DiVincenzo, Mitchell, and Barnes played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Holmes, Fox, DiVincenzo, Barnes, and Holiday played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Lyles, Sabonis, Fox, DiVincenzo, and Barnes played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Holmes, Lyles, Fox, DiVincenzo, and Barnes played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Sabonis, DiVincenzo, Mitchell, Barnes, and Holiday played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Dallas Mavericks

Brunson, Green, Bertans, Bullock, and Dinwiddie played 4.8 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Brunson, Green, Bertans, and Bullock played 4.1 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Brunson, Green, Bullock, and Powell played 3.5 minutes together.
Ntilikina, Brown, Burke, Dinwiddie, and Powell played 2.9 minutes together.
Ntilikina, Brown, Brunson, Green, and Bertans played 2.5 minutes together.
Brown, Brunson, Green, Bertans, and Bullock played 1.9 minutes together.
Ntilikina, Brown, Bullock, Dinwiddie, and Powell played 1.5 minutes together.
Finney-Smith, Green, Bertans, Burke, and Dinwiddie played 1.1 minutes together.
Ntilikina, Brunson, Bullock, Dinwiddie, and Powell played 1.1 minutes together.

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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.

Reggie Bullock Jr. covered 4.92 km, more than anyone in the game.

De'Aaron Fox touched the ball 111 times, a game high.
De'Aaron Fox made 72 passes, a game high.
Domantas Sabonis had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
De'Aaron Fox	4.75	6.4	111	72
Harrison Barnes	4.60	6.6	56	39
Donte DiVincenzo	3.96	6.4	62	48
Domantas Sabonis	3.67	6.4	79	60
Justin Holiday	3.38	6.4	36	22
Davion Mitchell	2.69	6.4	30	21
Trey Lyles	2.25	6.9	25	16
Richaun Holmes	2.03	7.0	18	12
Chimezie Metu	1.26	7.0	9	6

Dallas Mavericks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Reggie Bullock Jr.	4.92	6.5	59	46
Jalen Brunson	4.36	6.4	77	56
Spencer Dinwiddie	4.12	6.3	73	40
Dorian Finney-Smith	3.91	6.5	68	48
Josh Green	3.85	7.2	39

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.

Sacramento Kings

Domantas Sabonis recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 17 of 386 in the league.
De'Aaron Fox deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 22 of 386 in the league.
Davion Mitchell drew 0.16 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 30 of 386 in the league.

Dallas Mavericks

Jalen Brunson drew 0.22 charges per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 15 of 386 in the league.
Dwight Powell contested 8.1 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 41 of 386 in the league.
Dorian Finney-Smith contested 7.5 shots per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 53 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 Dallas Mavericks have won 95 of their 176 games against the Sacramento Kings.

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Game context

Attendance

20.060

104.5% of capacity

American Airlines Center · Dallas

Scoring

227

combined points

5.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

13 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:57.7

Spencer Dinwiddie → De'Aaron Fox

Dinwiddie (DAL) makes contact with Fox's (SAC) body as he gathers and enters his upward shooting motion. The contact affects his driving shot attempt.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:08

Jalen Brunson → Kings

Brunson (DAL) fails to fully clear the lane and is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.