Atlanta Hawks – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 3 March 2025

ATL132–130MEM

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 83% of NBA games since 2017

· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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↑ MEM winsATL wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Zaccharie Risacher decided it, the Atlanta Hawks player with the most points (27, with 1 rebounds and 0 assists; -7 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Dyson Daniels's (+16). 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 Memphis Grizzlies 130-132 Atlanta Hawks (March 3, 2025) was hit by Caris LeVert: a layup with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Atlanta Hawks up 132-130. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 130-132 Atlanta Hawks (March 3, 2025) was a 11-0 run by the Atlanta Hawks in the second quarter (from 2:59 to 1:04), from 59-62 to 70-62. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 10-0 run between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 27-28 to 37-28.

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Play: Caris LeVert makes two point shot (Dyson Daniels 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.

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

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games LeVert 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 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705444:746; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · ATL

Young · Daniels · Okongwu · LeVert · Mann

Closing lineup · MEM

Bane · Kennard · Wells · Edey · Williams

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ATL

Trae Young

36′ · +5

Dyson Daniels

33′ · +16

Onyeka Okongwu

32′ · +11

Zaccharie Risacher

32′ · -7

Dominick Barlow

13′ · -3

Caris LeVert

32′ · +13

Terance Mann

29′ · -3

Clint Capela

16′ · -9

Garrison Mathews

14′ · -8

Keaton Wallace

3′ · -5

MEM

Desmond Bane

36′ · -3

Luke Kennard

35′ · -8

Jaylen Wells

33′ · -1

Zach Edey

27′ · +4

Jaren Jackson Jr.

2′ · -3

GG Jackson

28′ · -2

Vince Williams Jr.

25′ · +5

Brandon Clarke

21′ · -6

Scotty Pippen Jr.

16′ · -4

John Konchar

15′ · +9

Lamar Stevens

3′ · -1

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Atlanta Hawks

Young, Okongwu, Daniels, Barlow, and Risacher played 6.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
LeVert, Young, Okongwu, Daniels, and Risacher played 5.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Young, Mann, Okongwu, Daniels, and Risacher played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Kennard, Bane, Jackson, Edey, and Wells played 10.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Clarke, Bane, Williams, Jackson, and Wells played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Kennard, Konchar, Williams, Edey, and Wells played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Atlanta Hawks

Young, Mann, Mathews, Risacher, and Capela played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Young, Mann, Okongwu, and Daniels played 4.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 points.
LeVert, Young, Mann, Risacher, and Capela played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Mathews, Okongwu, Daniels, and Barlow played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
LeVert, Mann, Mathews, Wallace, and Capela played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
LeVert, Mann, Okongwu, Daniels, and Risacher played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Young, Daniels, Risacher, and Capela played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
LeVert, Young, Mann, Okongwu, and Risacher played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
LeVert, Mann, Okongwu, Daniels, and Barlow played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Mann, Daniels, Barlow, and Capela played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
LeVert, Mann, Mathews, Okongwu, and Daniels played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
LeVert, Young, Mann, Mathews, and Capela played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
LeVert, Young, Okongwu, Daniels, and Barlow played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
LeVert, Young, Mathews, Risacher, and Capela played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Clarke, Konchar, Bane, Pippen, and Williams played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Kennard, Clarke, Bane, Jackson, and Wells played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Kennard, Bane, Williams, Edey, and Wells played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Kennard, Konchar, Stevens, Pippen, and Edey played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Clarke, Bane, Pippen, Williams, and Jackson played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Kennard, Clarke, Bane, Pippen, and Jackson played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Bane, Edey, and Wells played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Kennard, Konchar, Pippen, Jackson, and Edey played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Kennard, Clarke, Bane, Williams, and Wells played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Kennard, Konchar, Pippen, Williams, and Edey played 1.4 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.

Desmond Bane covered 4.52 km, more than anyone in the game.

Desmond Bane touched the ball 99 times, a game high.
Desmond Bane made 63 passes, a game high.
Onyeka Okongwu defended 12 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Onyeka Okongwu had 22 rebound chances, a game high.

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Atlanta Hawks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Zaccharie Risacher	4.51	7.8	44	30
Dyson Daniels	4.34	7.4	64	50
Trae Young	4.22	6.5	71	44
Caris LeVert	3.94	6.9	54	31
Onyeka Okongwu	3.73	6.6	57	43
Terance Mann	3.72	7.1	34	26
Clint Capela	1.90	6.4	33	22
Dominick Barlow	1.82	8.0	13	9
Garrison Mathews	1.79	7.0	21	13
Keaton Wallace	0.37	7.2	10	6

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Desmond Bane	4.52	7.1	99	63
Luke Kennard	4.41	7.0	70	49
Jaylen Wells	4.15	7.2	43	31
GG Jackson	3.65	7.3	50	31
Vince Williams Jr.	3.46	7.7	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.

Atlanta Hawks

Dyson Daniels deflected 5.9 passes per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Garrison Mathews drew 0.24 charges per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 6 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.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jaren Jackson Jr. defended 4.7 shots at the rim per game over his 73 games, and opponents made 14 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 4 of 138 in the league.
Zach Edey contested 7.7 shots per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 27 of 388 in the league.
Scotty Pippen Jr. deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 33 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 Memphis Grizzlies have won 22 of their 49 games against the Atlanta Hawks.

22-27record of the Memphis Grizzlies · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

15.719

88.3% of capacity

FedExForum · Memphis

Scoring

262

combined points

34.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

11 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors