Houston Rockets – LA Clippers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 17 November 2023

HOU100–106LAC

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 90% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 33 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.

↑ LAC winsHOU wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Kawhi Leonard decided it, the LA Clippers player with the most points (26, with 8 rebounds and 2 assists; +18 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was James Harden's (+21). 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 LA Clippers 106-100 Houston Rockets (November 17, 2023) was hit by James Harden: a three-pointer with 6.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the LA Clippers up 103-100. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of LA Clippers 106-100 Houston Rockets (November 17, 2023) was a 10-0 run by the LA Clippers between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 43-50 to 53-50. The Houston Rockets' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 10:02 to 8:48), from 81-82 to 90-82.

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Play: James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard 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.

James Harden decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6 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 Harden 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.

17 November 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401584125:690; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · HOU

VanVleet · Sengun · Smith · Green · Holiday

Closing lineup · LAC

George · Leonard · Harden · Mann · Powell

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HOU

Fred VanVleet

41′ · -14

Alperen Sengun

34′ · -17

Jabari Smith Jr.

33′ · -3

Jalen Green

33′ · -10

Dillon Brooks

31′ · -16

Aaron Holiday

18′ · +9

Jae'Sean Tate

9′ · -9

Tari Eason

20′ · +11

Jeff Green

15′ · +4

Jock Landale

7′ · +15

LAC

Paul George

40′ · +9

Kawhi Leonard

37′ · +18

Ivica Zubac

35′ · +12

James Harden

34′ · +21

Terance Mann

21′ · +15

Norman Powell

30′ · -6

Russell Westbrook

17′ · -9

Daniel Theis

10′ · -6

P.J. Tucker

15′ · -24

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 LAC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Sengun, and Smith played 19.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Holiday, Green, Tate, Eason, and Green played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Brooks, Holiday, Green, Sengun, and Smith played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

LA Clippers

Zubac, Mann, Harden, George, and Leonard played 15.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 20 points.
Powell, Zubac, Harden, George, and Leonard played 7.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Powell, Zubac, Tucker, Westbrook, and George played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

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Houston Rockets

VanVleet, Green, Sengun, Eason, and Green played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
VanVleet, Holiday, Landale, Smith, and Eason played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Holiday, Landale, Green, Eason, and Green played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
VanVleet, Green, Sengun, Smith, and Eason played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Holiday, Tate, and Sengun played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
VanVleet, Holiday, Sengun, Eason, and Green played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
VanVleet, Brooks, Holiday, Landale, and Smith played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Smith, Eason, and Green played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
VanVleet, Tate, Smith, Eason, and Green played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Sengun, Smith, and Eason played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
VanVleet, Holiday, Landale, Eason, and Green played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
VanVleet, Brooks, Green, Tate, and Sengun played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

LA Clippers

Powell, Theis, Westbrook, Harden, and Leonard played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Powell, Theis, Tucker, Westbrook, and George played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Powell, Zubac, Westbrook, George, and Leonard played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Powell, Zubac, Tucker, George, and Leonard played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Powell, Theis, Mann, Harden, and Leonard played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Mann, Tucker, Harden, George, and Leonard played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Powell, Zubac, Mann, Harden, and Leonard played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 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.

Fred VanVleet covered 4.76 km, more than anyone in the game.

Fred VanVleet touched the ball 91 times, a game high.
Fred VanVleet made 70 passes, a game high.
Alperen Sengun defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Ivica Zubac had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

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Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Fred VanVleet	4.76	6.6	91	70
Jalen Green	4.15	7.0	64	39
Jabari Smith Jr.	3.88	6.7	41	29
Alperen Sengun	3.80	6.2	72	46
Dillon Brooks	3.48	6.4	21	13
Tari Eason	2.54	7.2	29	19
Aaron Holiday	2.09	6.7	17	14
Jeff Green	1.59	6.1	12	8
Jae'Sean Tate	1.09	6.8	14	8
Jock Landale	0.88	7.1	7	4

LA Clippers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Paul George	4.68	6.6	80	49
Kawhi Leonard	4.26	6.6	65	37
Ivica Zubac	4.04	6.6	47	34
James Harden	3.70	6.1	69	50
Norman Powell	3.41	6.4	29	16

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor. The cameras did not capture one player who played five minutes or more; he is not in the list.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Houston Rockets

Fred VanVleet deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 7 of 373 in the league.
Alperen Sengun contested 9.2 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 15 of 373 in the league.
Jae'Sean Tate drew 0.16 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 19 of 373 in the league.

LA Clippers

Kawhi Leonard recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 2 of 373 in the league.
Ivica Zubac contested 9.8 shots per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 10 of 373 in the league.
Paul George deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 11 of 373 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 LA Clippers have won 70 of their 174 games against the Houston Rockets.

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Game context

Attendance

19.370

107.6% of capacity

Intuit Dome · Inglewood

Scoring

206

combined points

22.4 below the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

14 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 00:49.2

Kawhi Leonard → Jalen Green

Leonard (LAC) initiates contact to Green's (HOU) wrist and the contact causes him to lose control of the ball.

Foul: Personal · 01:39.0

James Harden → Alperen Sengun

Harden (LAC) initiates contact with Sengun's (HOU) arm that causes him to lose control of the ball.

⚠️ Optical tracking did not capture every player in this game.