Los Angeles Lakers – Atlanta Hawks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 6 December 2024

LAL132–134ATL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 44 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.

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

This is how the game was decided.

Trae Young decided it, the Atlanta Hawks player with the most points (31, with 4 rebounds and 20 assists; -6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Bogdan Bogdanović's (+18). 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 Atlanta Hawks 134-132 Los Angeles Lakers (December 6, 2024) was hit by Trae Young: a three-pointer with 8.0 s left in overtime, putting the Atlanta Hawks up 134-132. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Atlanta Hawks 134-132 Los Angeles Lakers (December 6, 2024) was a 13-0 run by the Los Angeles Lakers in the third quarter (from 11:23 to 9:44), from 64-66 to 77-66. The Atlanta Hawks' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 8:00 to 6:58), from 72-81 to 80-81.

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Play: Trae Young makes 24-foot three point jumper (De'Andre Hunter 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.

Trae Young decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 8 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 11 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Young 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.

6 December 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704900:770; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · LAL

James · Davis · Hachimura · Vincent · Reddish

Closing lineup · ATL

Young · Johnson · Capela · Hunter · Bogdanovic

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LAL

LeBron James

43′ · +3

Anthony Davis

42′ · +6

Rui Hachimura

41′ · +5

Gabe Vincent

34′ · +4

Dalton Knecht

28′ · -2

Max Christie

31′ · -7

D'Angelo Russell

21′ · -4

Cam Reddish

21′ · -8

Armel Traore

4′ · -7

ATL

Trae Young

42′ · -6

Dyson Daniels

36′ · -9

Jalen Johnson

35′ · +6

Clint Capela

24′ · 0

Zaccharie Risacher

22′ · -2

De'Andre Hunter

34′ · -5

Onyeka Okongwu

29′ · +2

Bogdan Bogdanovic

29′ · +18

Vit Krejci

14′ · +6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. LAL and ATL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Los Angeles Lakers

Hachimura, Vincent, Knecht, Davis, and James played 13.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hachimura, Vincent, Christie, Davis, and James played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Hachimura, Christie, Knecht, and Davis played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.

Atlanta Hawks

Young, Hunter, Okongwu, Johnson, and Daniels played 8.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Okongwu, Krejci, Johnson, Risacher, and Bogdanovic played 7.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Young, Hunter, Daniels, Capela, and Bogdanovic played 6.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Russell, Hachimura, Reddish, Christie, and James played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Vincent, Reddish, Davis, and James played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Vincent, Reddish, Christie, Traore, and James played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Russell, Reddish, Christie, Knecht, and Davis played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Russell, Reddish, Christie, Davis, and James played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Hachimura, Vincent, Reddish, Knecht, and James played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Vincent, Christie, Knecht, Davis, and James played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Russell, Hachimura, Vincent, Davis, and James played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Hachimura, Vincent, Christie, Knecht, and Davis played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Russell, Hachimura, Christie, Davis, and James played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Atlanta Hawks

Young, Johnson, Daniels, Risacher, and Capela played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Young, Hunter, Johnson, Capela, and Bogdanovic played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Young, Hunter, Johnson, Daniels, and Capela played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hunter, Okongwu, Krejci, Johnson, and Bogdanovic played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Young, Hunter, Okongwu, Daniels, and Risacher played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Young, Hunter, Daniels, Risacher, and Capela played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 13 points.
Young, Okongwu, Daniels, Risacher, and Bogdanovic played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Young, Okongwu, Krejci, Daniels, and Bogdanovic played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Young, Hunter, Okongwu, Daniels, and Bogdanovic played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Young, Okongwu, Krejci, Risacher, and Bogdanovic played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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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.

Rui Hachimura covered 5.02 km, more than anyone in the game.

Trae Young touched the ball 117 times, a game high.
Trae Young made 80 passes, a game high.
Onyeka Okongwu defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Anthony Davis had 19 rebound chances, a game high.

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Los Angeles Lakers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Rui Hachimura	5.02	6.8	40	33
LeBron James	4.75	6.0	109	71
Anthony Davis	4.51	5.9	95	59
Gabe Vincent	4.42	7.1	67	52
Max Christie	4.05	7.2	40	31
Dalton Knecht	3.44	6.9	31	18
Cam Reddish	2.61	7.0	12	9
D'Angelo Russell	2.56	6.8	52	39
Armel Traore	0.61	9.1	8	5

Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Trae Young	4.83	6.3	117	80
Dyson Daniels	4.67	7.1	48	34
Jalen Johnson	4.30	6.8	85	67
De'Andre Hunter	4.09	6.5	46	26
Bogdan Bogdanović	3.64	7.0	44

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 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Los Angeles Lakers

Anthony Davis contested 9.6 shots per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 11 of 388 in the league.
Gabe Vincent drew 0.17 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 12 of 388 in the league.
LeBron James drew 0.13 charges per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.

Atlanta Hawks

Dyson Daniels deflected 5.9 passes per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Clint Capela drew 0.16 charges per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
Jalen Johnson deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 36 games.
He ranks 34 of 388 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 Atlanta Hawks have won 55 of their 152 games against the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Game context

Attendance

18.040

105.8% of capacity

State Farm Arena · Atlanta

Scoring

266

combined points

38.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

29 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:15.0

LeBron James → Hawks

James (LAL) leaves his feet to pass and his right foot returns to the floor while he is still in possession of the ball.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:12.5

Jalen Johnson → Lakers

Johnson (ATL) straddles the lane line and is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.