Washington Wizards – Los Angeles Lakers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 18 December 2022

WAS117–119LAL

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Highly recommended

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

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 22 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.

↑ LAL winsWAS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

LeBron James decided it, the Los Angeles Lakers player with the most points (33, with 7 rebounds and 9 assists; +10 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Austin Reaves's (+15). 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 119-117 Washington Wizards (December 18, 2022) was hit by Thomas Bryant: a dunk with 7.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Los Angeles Lakers up 119-117. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Los Angeles Lakers 119-117 Washington Wizards (December 18, 2022) was a 13-0 run by the Washington Wizards in the third quarter (from 3:23 to 56.0 s), from 75-84 to 88-84. The Los Angeles Lakers' best was a 11-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 10:27 to 8:23), from 87-95 to 98-95.

What were the keys of the last Los Angeles Lakers vs Washington Wizards game?

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Play: Thomas Bryant makes 3-foot dunk (LeBron James 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.

Thomas Bryant decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 7.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Bryant 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.

18 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468606:660; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · WAS

Kuzma · Porzingis · Beal · Avdija · Goodwin

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Reaves · Walker · Bryant · Christie

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WAS

Kyle Kuzma

40′ · -4

Kristaps Porzingis

38′ · +5

Bradley Beal

32′ · +1

Monte Morris

29′ · -12

Deni Avdija

21′ · +2

Jordan Goodwin

19′ · +10

Corey Kispert

17′ · -14

Will Barton

20′ · -2

Daniel Gafford

21′ · +11

Taj Gibson

4′ · -7

LAL

LeBron James

37′ · +10

Austin Reaves

34′ · +15

Lonnie Walker IV

34′ · -6

Thomas Bryant

33′ · 0

Dennis Schroder

30′ · +7

Russell Westbrook

23′ · -5

Max Christie

24′ · -2

Troy Brown Jr.

10′ · -12

Damian Jones

17′ · +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. WAS and LAL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Washington Wizards

Kuzma, Morris, Avdija, Beal, and Porzingis played 10.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Kuzma, Morris, Gafford, Kispert, and Barton played 6.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Kuzma, Morris, Gafford, Beal, and Porzingis played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Los Angeles Lakers

Bryant, Walker, Reaves, Schroder, and James played 11.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Jones, Brown, Walker, Christie, and Westbrook played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Bryant, Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, and James played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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Washington Wizards

Kuzma, Morris, Kispert, Gibson, and Barton played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Kuzma, Gafford, Goodwin, Barton, and Porzingis played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
Avdija, Goodwin, Beal, Barton, and Porzingis played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Kuzma, Gafford, Goodwin, Beal, and Porzingis played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Gafford, Avdija, Goodwin, Beal, and Porzingis played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Kuzma, Avdija, Goodwin, Beal, and Porzingis played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Kuzma, Morris, Kispert, Beal, and Porzingis played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Kuzma, Kispert, Goodwin, Beal, and Porzingis played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Kuzma, Morris, Kispert, Barton, and Porzingis played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Avdija, Kispert, Goodwin, Barton, and Porzingis played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Los Angeles Lakers

Bryant, Reaves, Christie, Schroder, and James played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, Reaves, Christie, Schroder, and James played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Jones, Walker, Reaves, Westbrook, and Schroder played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Bryant, Walker, Reaves, Christie, and James played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bryant, Reaves, Westbrook, Schroder, and James played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Brown, Christie, Schroder, and James played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Bryant, Walker, Westbrook, Schroder, and James played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Bryant, Walker, Christie, Schroder, and James played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, Bryant, Walker, Christie, and Westbrook played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won 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.

Kyle Kuzma covered 4.71 km, more than anyone in the game.

LeBron James touched the ball 77 times, a game high.
Monte Morris made 49 passes, a game high.
Kristaps Porziņģis defended 13 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 6.
Kyle Kuzma had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kyle Kuzma	4.71	6.6	60	39
Kristaps Porziņģis	4.31	6.4	70	46
Bradley Beal	3.85	6.8	61	32
Monte Morris	3.44	6.7	59	49
Deni Avdija	2.75	7.3	27	19
Daniel Gafford	2.59	6.9	30	23
Will Barton	2.43	6.9	26	17
Jordan Goodwin	2.38	7.0	42	36
Corey Kispert	2.17	7.3	19	11
Taj Gibson	0.43	6.7	6	5

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Lonnie Walker IV	4.02	6.5	33	19
LeBron James	3.93	6.0	77	47
Thomas Bryant	3.89	6.6	38	23
Austin Reaves	3.86	6.5	38	29
Dennis Schröder	3.51	6.8	58

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.

Washington Wizards

Kristaps Porziņģis contested 11.3 shots per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 5 of 382 in the league.
Daniel Gafford defended 5.9 shots at the rim per game over his 78 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 10 of 149 in the league.
Deni Avdija recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 58 of 382 in the league.

Los Angeles Lakers

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.
Dennis Schröder drew 0.15 charges per game over his 66 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 67 of their 110 games against the Washington Wizards.

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Game context

Attendance

18.153

95.6% of capacity

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Scoring

236

combined points

6.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

14 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors