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Win probability changed during the game. · 30 December 2025

PHI139–136MEM
Is it worth watching?
Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 98% of NBA games since 2017

  • · The win probability swung between the two teams 39 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.

↑ MEM winsPHI wins ↓

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

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHI

Tyrese Maxey
VJ Edgecombe
Paul George
Joel Embiid
Quentin Grimes

Maxey · Edgecombe · George · Embiid · Grimes

Closing lineup · MEM

Cedric Coward
Jaren Jackson Jr.
Ja Morant
Jaylen Wells
Santi Aldama

Coward · Jackson · Morant · Wells · Aldama

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PHI
Tyrese Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

43′ · +2

VJ Edgecombe

VJ Edgecombe

41′ · -1

Paul George

Paul George

39′ · +11

Joel Embiid

Joel Embiid

38′ · -5

Dominick Barlow

Dominick Barlow

24′ · -14

Quentin Grimes

Quentin Grimes

38′ · +18

Adem Bona

Adem Bona

26′ · +3

Jared McCain

Jared McCain

13′ · +5

Justin Edwards

Justin Edwards

4′ · -4

MEM
Cedric Coward

Cedric Coward

37′ · +14

Jaren Jackson Jr.

Jaren Jackson Jr.

37′ · +9

Ja Morant

Ja Morant

34′ · +11

Jaylen Wells

Jaylen Wells

32′ · -3

Christian Koloko

Christian Koloko

20′ · +5

Jock Landale

Jock Landale

18′ · -11

Santi Aldama

Santi Aldama

36′ · -10

GG Jackson

GG Jackson

23′ · -18

Cam Spencer

Cam Spencer

19′ · -14

Javon Small

Javon Small

9′ · +2

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Philadelphia 76ers

  • Maxey, Barlow, Edgecombe, George, and Embiid played 12.4 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Edgecombe, George, and Embiid played 6.0 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Bona, Edgecombe, and George played 5.4 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 11 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

  • Jackson, Morant, Aldama, Wells, and Coward played 12.0 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

  • Jackson, Morant, Koloko, Jackson, and Coward played 7.4 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

  • Jackson, Morant, Koloko, Wells, and Coward played 7.2 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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Philadelphia 76ers

  • Grimes, Maxey, Barlow, Bona, and Edgecombe played 5.3 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

  • Grimes, Bona, McCain, Edgecombe, and Embiid played 3.6 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

  • Maxey, Bona, Edgecombe, George, and Embiid played 3.1 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Bona, McCain, and George played 2.7 minutes together.

    Their team tied that stretch.

  • Grimes, McCain, Edgecombe, George, and Embiid played 2.6 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Bona, George, and Embiid played 2.6 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Barlow, Edwards, and Embiid played 2.5 minutes together.

    Their team tied that stretch.

  • Grimes, Barlow, McCain, George, and Embiid played 1.6 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Bona, Edgecombe, and Embiid played 1.5 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

  • Grimes, Maxey, Barlow, George, and Embiid played 1.2 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

  • Grimes, Barlow, McCain, Edwards, and Embiid played 1.1 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

  • Grimes, Bona, McCain, Edgecombe, and George played 1.1 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

  • Jackson, Landale, Aldama, Spencer, and Wells played 4.4 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

  • Landale, Aldama, Jackson, Spencer, and Wells played 3.8 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 11 points.

  • Jackson, Aldama, Spencer, Coward, and Small played 3.1 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

  • Aldama, Koloko, Jackson, Spencer, and Small played 2.5 minutes together.

    Their team tied that stretch.

  • Landale, Aldama, Jackson, Spencer, and Small played 2.5 minutes together.

    Their team tied that stretch.

  • Morant, Aldama, Koloko, Jackson, and Coward played 2.5 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

  • Landale, Morant, Aldama, Jackson, and Wells played 2.2 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

  • Jackson, Landale, Morant, Wells, and Coward played 2.1 minutes together.

    Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

  • Landale, Aldama, Jackson, Spencer, and Coward played 1.4 minutes together.

    Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

▸See where these figures come from

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.

Game context

Attendance
15.668
88.1% of capacity
FedExForum · Memphis
Scoring
275
combined points
43.8 above the season average (231.2)