Win probability changed during the game. · 2 November 2022
It was more exciting than 92% of NBA games since 2017
- · It was still open in the final minutes
- · The win probability swung between the two teams 27 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.
Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIA leads and falls when SAC does.
Rotations · who was on the floor
Closing lineup · SAC
Sabonis · Barnes · Mitchell · Dellavedova · Davis
Closing lineup · MIA
Herro · Lowry · Strus · Adebayo · Vincent
Kevin Huerter
38′ · -1
Domantas Sabonis
37′ · -5
Harrison Barnes
35′ · -3
Davion Mitchell
29′ · -11
Keegan Murray
27′ · +7
Trey Lyles
13′ · -4
Malik Monk
22′ · +1
Matthew Dellavedova
20′ · +1
Richaun Holmes
11′ · +2
Terence Davis
8′ · -2
Tyler Herro
38′ · +13
Kyle Lowry
38′ · -7
Max Strus
33′ · -1
Bam Adebayo
32′ · +2
Caleb Martin
30′ · +5
Gabe Vincent
29′ · +8
Duncan Robinson
25′ · -8
Dewayne Dedmon
16′ · +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. SAC and MIA.
These lineups played the most minutes together.
Sacramento Kings
Sabonis, Huerter, Mitchell, Murray, and Barnes played 15.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Holmes, Monk, Huerter, Murray, and Dellavedova played 5.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Huerter, Mitchell, and Barnes played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Miami Heat
Adebayo, Martin, Strus, Herro, and Lowry played 14.2 minutes together.
Martin, Robinson, Vincent, Herro, and Dedmon played 10.1 minutes together.
Adebayo, Vincent, Strus, Herro, and Lowry played 8.6 minutes together.
The plus-minus of each Miami Heat lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.
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Sacramento Kings
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Murray, and Dellavedova played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Lyles, Sabonis, Huerter, Mitchell, and Barnes played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Sabonis, Huerter, Davis, Mitchell, and Barnes played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Sabonis, Huerter, Davis, Barnes, and Dellavedova played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Holmes, Lyles, Monk, Murray, and Dellavedova played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Barnes, and Dellavedova played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Davis, Mitchell, and Barnes played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Holmes, Monk, Huerter, Barnes, and Dellavedova played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Miami Heat
Adebayo, Robinson, Vincent, Strus, and Lowry played 7.1 minutes together.
Martin, Robinson, Herro, Lowry, and Dedmon played 2.8 minutes together.
Robinson, Vincent, Strus, Lowry, and Dedmon played 2.7 minutes together.
Adebayo, Martin, Robinson, Herro, and Lowry played 2.2 minutes together.
▸See where these figures come from
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.
Game context
Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

