LA Clippers – Sacramento Kings · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 3 March 2023

LAC127–128SAC

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

This is how the game was decided.

De'Aaron Fox decided it, the Sacramento Kings player with the most points (33, with 7 rebounds and 7 assists; -13 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Malik Monk's (+13). 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 Sacramento Kings 128-127 LA Clippers (March 3, 2023) was hit by Domantas Sabonis: a free throw with 7.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Sacramento Kings up 128-127. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Sacramento Kings 128-127 LA Clippers (March 3, 2023) was a 10-0 run by the LA Clippers between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 61-68 to 71-68. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 9-0 run in the first quarter (from 4:55 to 3:33), from 18-23 to 27-23.

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Play: Domantas Sabonis makes free throw 2 of 2.

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.

Domantas Sabonis decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Sabonis 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.

3 March 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401469109:678; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAC

Batum · Westbrook · George · Gordon · Covington

Closing lineup · SAC

Barnes · Sabonis · Fox · Mitchell · Lyles

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LAC

Nicolas Batum

37′ · +9

Russell Westbrook

36′ · +10

Paul George

34′ · +6

Eric Gordon

30′ · +16

Mason Plumlee

26′ · +1

Terance Mann

22′ · -20

Robert Covington

31′ · -5

Amir Coffey

13′ · -11

Bones Hyland

12′ · -11

SAC

Harrison Barnes

37′ · -5

Domantas Sabonis

35′ · -6

De'Aaron Fox

34′ · -13

Keegan Murray

33′ · -3

Kevin Huerter

22′ · -10

Terence Davis

7′ · -2

Malik Monk

23′ · +13

Davion Mitchell

14′ · +12

Trey Lyles

22′ · +10

Chimezie Metu

13′ · +9

PJ Dozier

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. LAC and SAC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

LA Clippers

Westbrook, Gordon, Batum, George, and Plumlee played 16.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Westbrook, Gordon, Batum, George, and Covington played 9.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Coffey, Mann, Hyland, Batum, and Covington played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Fox, Huerter, Murray, and Barnes played 14.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 14 points.
Lyles, Fox, Monk, Metu, and Barnes played 12.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Mitchell, and Murray played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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LA Clippers

Coffey, Mann, Hyland, Plumlee, and Covington played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Mann, Westbrook, Batum, George, and Covington played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Mann, Westbrook, Gordon, George, and Covington played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Mann, Westbrook, George, Plumlee, and Covington played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Mann, Hyland, Westbrook, Plumlee, and Covington played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Mann, Westbrook, Gordon, Plumlee, and Covington played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Coffey, Mann, Batum, George, and Covington played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Fox, Davis, Murray, and Barnes played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Sabonis, Huerter, Mitchell, Murray, and Barnes played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Davis, Mitchell, and Murray played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Lyles, Sabonis, Huerter, Mitchell, and Murray played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Lyles, Sabonis, Monk, Huerter, and Mitchell played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 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.

Nicolas Batum covered 4.57 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 97 times, a game high.
Russell Westbrook made 71 passes, a game high.
Mason Plumlee defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Domantas Sabonis had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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LA Clippers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Nicolas Batum	4.57	6.9	46	40
Russell Westbrook	3.97	6.2	97	71
Paul George	3.97	6.5	78	53
Robert Covington	3.52	6.3	59	47
Eric Gordon	3.31	6.1	41	25
Mason Plumlee	3.23	7.0	47	37
Terance Mann	2.72	6.9	41	33
Bones Hyland	1.54	7.0	34	24
Amir Coffey	1.53	6.8	11	7

Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Harrison Barnes	4.54	6.8	62	45
Domantas Sabonis	4.22	6.7	83	66
Keegan Murray	4.05	6.9	32	20
De'Aaron Fox	4.02	6.6	84	51
Kevin Huerter	2.78	7.0	26

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.

LA Clippers

Paul George deflected 3.6 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 4 of 382 in the league.
Robert Covington deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 26 of 382 in the league.
Russell Westbrook recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 52 of 382 in the league.

Sacramento Kings

Domantas Sabonis contested 9.5 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 18 of 382 in the league.
De'Aaron Fox deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 18 of 382 in the league.
Davion Mitchell drew 0.19 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 23 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 Sacramento Kings have won 90 of their 170 games against the LA Clippers.

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Game context

Attendance

18.111

102.8% of capacity

Golden 1 Center · Sacramento

Scoring

255

combined points

25.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

29 calls reviewed4 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: 8 Second Violation · 00:18.6

Clippers → Kings

LAC does not establish the ball in the frontcourt within 8 seconds.

Foul: Shooting · 01:20.2

De'Aaron Fox → Russell Westbrook

Fox (SAC) grabs Westbrook's (LAC) arm prior to his gather and the contact affects his SQBR. The contact should be deemed a non-shooting foul.

Stoppage: Out-of-Bounds · 01:38.3

Russell Westbrook → De'Aaron Fox

Fox (SAC) is the last player to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds and LAC should have been given possession.

Foul: Personal · 01:40

Russell Westbrook → De'Aaron Fox

Westbrook (LAC) initiates contact to Fox's (SAC) wrist and causes him to lose control of the ball.