Indiana Pacers – Los Angeles Lakers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 28 November 2022

IND116–115LAL

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 84% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 20 times

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↑ LAL winsIND wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Tyrese Haliburton decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (24, with 7 rebounds and 14 assists; +5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jalen Smith's (+12). 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 Los Angeles Lakers 115-116 Indiana Pacers (November 28, 2022) was hit by Andrew Nembhard: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Indiana Pacers up 116-115. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Los Angeles Lakers 115-116 Indiana Pacers (November 28, 2022) was a 10-0 run by the Indiana Pacers in the fourth quarter (from 9:26 to 7:38), from 84-101 to 94-101. The Los Angeles Lakers' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 4:33 to 2:31), from 74-71 to 83-71.

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Play: Andrew Nembhard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyrese Haliburton 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.

Andrew Nembhard decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Nembhard 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.

28 November 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468463:715; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · IND

Turner · Haliburton · Hield · Mathurin · Nembhard

Closing lineup · LAL

Davis · James · Schroder · Westbrook · Reaves

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IND

Myles Turner

35′ · +3

Tyrese Haliburton

35′ · +5

Buddy Hield

32′ · +3

Jalen Smith

24′ · +12

Aaron Nesmith

23′ · -10

Bennedict Mathurin

32′ · +7

T.J. McConnell

13′ · -2

Isaiah Jackson

4′ · +1

Andrew Nembhard

29′ · 0

Oshae Brissett

8′ · -3

Goga Bitadze

3′ · -3

James Johnson

2′ · -8

LAL

Anthony Davis

37′ · -1

LeBron James

36′ · -7

Dennis Schroder

30′ · -16

Troy Brown Jr.

29′ · -3

Lonnie Walker IV

22′ · -4

Russell Westbrook

27′ · +1

Austin Reaves

31′ · +6

Kendrick Nunn

11′ · +11

Wenyen Gabriel

13′ · +5

Thomas Bryant

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. IND and LAL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Indiana Pacers

Turner, Hield, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Smith played 11.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Turner, Hield, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Mathurin played 8.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Turner, Hield, Haliburton, Smith, and Mathurin played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Brown, Walker, Davis, Schroder, and James played 13.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Brown, Gabriel, Reaves, Schroder, and James played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Reaves, Westbrook, Davis, Schroder, and James played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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Indiana Pacers

Nembhard, Nesmith, Smith, Mathurin, and McConnell played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Bitadze, Brissett, Nembhard, Mathurin, and McConnell played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Turner, Nembhard, Haliburton, Nesmith, and Mathurin played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Brissett, Nembhard, Jackson, Mathurin, and McConnell played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Turner, Hield, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Smith played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Turner, Hield, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Turner, Hield, Brissett, Haliburton, and Mathurin played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Nembhard, Nesmith, Mathurin, Johnson, and McConnell played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Brown, Nunn, Reaves, Westbrook, and Davis played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Bryant, Gabriel, Nunn, Reaves, and Westbrook played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, Gabriel, Reaves, Westbrook, and James played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, Davis, and James played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Brown, Westbrook, Davis, Schroder, and James played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Walker, Reaves, Davis, Schroder, and James played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, Davis, and Schroder played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Gabriel, Nunn, Reaves, Westbrook, and Davis played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Nunn, Reaves, Westbrook, Davis, and James played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Walker, Nunn, Reaves, Westbrook, and Davis played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 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.

Tyrese Haliburton covered 4.65 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Haliburton touched the ball 111 times, a game high.
Tyrese Haliburton made 86 passes, a game high.
Myles Turner defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Anthony Davis had 28 rebound chances, a game high.

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Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Haliburton	4.65	7.4	111	86
Buddy Hield	4.30	7.5	57	39
Myles Turner	3.97	6.4	65	46
Bennedict Mathurin	3.77	6.6	53	27
Andrew Nembhard	3.52	6.8	34	24
Aaron Nesmith	3.07	7.5	36	24
Jalen Smith	3.04	7.2	31	22
T.J. McConnell	1.90	8.1	40	32
Oshae Brissett	1.14	7.6	14	12
Isaiah Jackson	0.48	7.4	2	2
Goga Bitadze	0.45	7.0	5	4
James Johnson	0.21	5.9	2	1

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Anthony Davis	4.04	6.2	77	56
Austin Reaves	4.01	7.1	36	27
Dennis Schröder	3.81	7.0	55	43
Troy Brown Jr.	3.80	7.5	37	31
LeBron James	3.80	5.9	79

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 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Indiana Pacers

Myles Turner contested 10.8 shots per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 10 of 382 in the league.
Andrew Nembhard drew 0.20 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 21 of 382 in the league.
Tyrese Haliburton deflected 2.6 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 21 of 382 in the league.

Los Angeles Lakers

Anthony Davis recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 1 of 382 in the league.
Austin Reaves drew 0.30 charges per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
LeBron James drew 0.15 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 34 of 382 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 Los Angeles Lakers have won 73 of their 110 games against the Indiana Pacers.

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Game context

Attendance

16.034

84.4% of capacity

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Scoring

231

combined points

1.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

19 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 01:54.1

Buddy Hield → Anthony Davis

Hield (IND) extends an arm into Davis's (LAL) path and initiates contact to his head that affects his FOM.