Houston Rockets – Toronto Raptors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 8 April 2022

HOU115–117TOR

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 85% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

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

This is how the game was decided.

Pascal Siakam decided it, the Toronto Raptors player with the most points (29, with 12 rebounds and 7 assists; +11 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Khem Birch's (+22). 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 117-115 Houston Rockets (April 8, 2022) was hit by Gary Trent Jr.: a jump shot with 4.8 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Toronto Raptors up 117-115. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Toronto Raptors 117-115 Houston Rockets (April 8, 2022) was a 13-0 run by the Toronto Raptors in the second quarter (from 7:00 to 3:49), from 34-56 to 47-56. The Houston Rockets' best was a 10-0 run in the first quarter (from 3:19 to 1:02), from 21-15 to 31-15.

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Play: Gary Trent Jr. makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot.

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 with 4.8 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 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.

8 April 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401361025:623; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

Porter · Green · Sengun · Tate · Christopher

Closing lineup · TOR

Siakam · Trent · Barnes · Young · Watanabe

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HOU

Kevin Porter Jr.

39′ · +5

Jalen Green

37′ · +3

Alperen Sengun

33′ · -1

Garrison Mathews

26′ · -4

Jae'Sean Tate

26′ · -14

Josh Christopher

30′ · 0

KJ Martin

21′ · +10

Usman Garuba

15′ · -1

Daishen Nix

13′ · -8

TOR

Pascal Siakam

40′ · +11

Gary Trent Jr.

38′ · +11

Scottie Barnes

34′ · +8

Khem Birch

27′ · +22

Armoni Brooks

15′ · +3

Chris Boucher

20′ · -18

Precious Achiuwa

12′ · -28

Malachi Flynn

11′ · -24

Justin Champagnie

7′ · -8

Thaddeus Young

24′ · +21

Yuta Watanabe

12′ · +12

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 TOR.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

Porter, Mathews, Green, Tate, and Sengun played 16.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Porter, Green, Martin, Christopher, and Sengun played 8.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Porter, Green, Tate, Christopher, and Sengun played 6.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

Toronto Raptors

Siakam, Trent, Brooks, Barnes, and Birch played 13.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Siakam, Trent, Watanabe, Barnes, and Young played 8.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Siakam, Boucher, Trent, Young, and Birch played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

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Houston Rockets

Mathews, Nix, Martin, Christopher, and Garuba played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Porter, Nix, Martin, Christopher, and Garuba played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Porter, Green, Martin, Christopher, and Garuba played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Green, Nix, Martin, Christopher, and Garuba played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Porter, Mathews, Green, Tate, and Garuba played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Toronto Raptors

Boucher, Achiuwa, Flynn, Champagnie, and Barnes played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Siakam, Watanabe, Barnes, Young, and Birch played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Siakam, Boucher, Trent, Achiuwa, and Flynn played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Boucher, Trent, Barnes, Young, and Birch played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Boucher, Trent, Achiuwa, and Barnes played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Boucher, Trent, Achiuwa, Flynn, and Young played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Flynn, Champagnie, Young, and Birch played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Siakam, Boucher, Trent, Brooks, and Achiuwa played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Siakam, Trent, Champagnie, Young, and Birch played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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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.

Kevin Porter Jr. covered 4.65 km, more than anyone in the game.

Pascal Siakam touched the ball 93 times, a game high.
Pascal Siakam made 63 passes, a game high.
Pascal Siakam defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Pascal Siakam had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kevin Porter Jr.	4.65	6.7	91	60
Jalen Green	4.26	6.5	51	33
Josh Christopher	3.60	6.6	44	29
Alperen Sengun	3.60	6.2	49	35
Jae'Sean Tate	3.04	6.5	38	23
Garrison Mathews	3.01	6.7	28	20
KJ Martin	2.45	6.4	31	23
Usman Garuba	1.85	6.8	17	14
Daishen Nix	1.59	7.0	28	22

Toronto Raptors

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Pascal Siakam	4.41	6.3	93	63
Scottie Barnes	4.10	6.8	69	51
Gary Trent Jr.	4.02	5.9	48	25
Khem Birch	3.30	6.9	28	20
Thaddeus Young	2.99	6.9	43

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.
Kevin Porter Jr. recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 61 games.
He ranks 26 of 386 in the league.

Toronto Raptors

Pascal Siakam recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 4 of 386 in the league.
Gary Trent Jr. deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 4 of 386 in the league.
Thaddeus Young drew 0.21 charges per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 17 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 Toronto Raptors have won 26 of their 60 games against the Houston Rockets.

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Game context

Attendance

19.800

100% of capacity

Scotiabank Arena · Toronto

Scoring

232

combined points

10.8 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 reviewed0 no admitted errors