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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 23 | 23 | 21 | 30 | 97 |
 Nets | 22 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 99 |
HOUTeam statsBKN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 34-8341.0% | 11-3234.4% | 18-2766.7% | 45 | 23 | 16 |
| BKN | 38-8246.3% | 10-2737.0% | 13-1776.5% | 39 | 26 | 13 |
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Brooklyn Nets99| 30 | 8 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −8 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 29 | 22 | 7-16 | 3-6 | 0 | 5-6 | −3 | +5.4 | |||||||
| 28 | 14 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 26 | 10 | 3-15 | 2-7 | 2-3 | −7 | −3.2 | ||||||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.3 | |||||
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| 28 | 14 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 22 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +0.4 | |||||
| 20 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | −4 | +4.6 | ||||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −6.2 | ||||||
| Team | 99 | 38-8246.3% | 10-2737.0% | 39 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 13-1776.5% | 10 | 10 | 9 | |||
Bench 38 points on 16 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Cam Thomas and Noah Clowney (injury/illness).
Houston Rockets97| 40 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +10 | −3.0 | ||||||||
| 37 | 16 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −7.2 | |||||
| 35 | 24 | 8-18 | 0-0 | 8-14 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 33 | 13 | 5-14 | 3-9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | −1 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.7 | |||
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| 28 | 16 | 5-14 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | +3 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −2.2 | |||||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −1.4 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.2 | ||||
| Team | 97 | 34-8341.0% | 11-3234.4% | 45 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 18-2766.7% | 16 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 37 points on 14 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Tari Eason, Jabari Smith Jr. and Fred VanVleet (injury/illness); Jock Landale, Nate Williams and Jeff Green (coach’s decision).
Nets99Rockets97ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
D'Angelo Russell made a 28-foot 3-pointer on a pass from Tosan Evbuomwan with 3.4 seconds left, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Houston Rockets 99-97.
The Rockets had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Jalen Green missed a 32-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 15. Alperen Sengun scored 9 of the Rockets’ 15 on 2 for 3 shooting and 5 for 7 at the line. With 3.4 seconds left, Evbuomwan stole the ball from Amen Thompson, and Russell’s 28-foot 3-pointer off it put the Nets ahead 99-97.
Keon Johnson scored 22 points (10 in the fourth quarter).
For the Rockets, Sengun had 24 points and a season-high 20 rebounds. Sengun scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
The Rockets turned it over 18 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Nets outscored the Rockets 21-5 on the fast break. The Rockets outscored the Nets 30-20 in 13 minutes with Brooks, Green, Sengun, Thompson and Sheppard on the floor together.
Brooklyn NetsHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nets’ chance bottomed out at 1.1% (4th quarter, 10s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
86 points from the field on 82 shots: 2.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-25 | 72.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-23 | 34.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-7 | 28.6% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-6 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-21 | 28.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Green | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Reed Sheppard | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Aaron Holiday | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Dillon Brooks | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 17 | 5-7 | +14 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 48 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 30 | 10 | 5-8 | +4 |
| Dillon Brooks | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Steven Adams | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Whitmore | 20 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Dillon Brooks | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Amen Thompson | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
BKN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Russell 28' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Evbuomwan 4 AST)
Q4 0:03
80.3%
14→95
Williams 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Russell 5 AST)
Q4 0:48
30.3%
10→40
Johnson 28' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Evbuomwan 3 AST)
Q4 0:08
17.3%
3→21
Sheppard 27' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Sengun 4 AST)
Q4 3:55
17.2%
77→60
Sengun 1' Layup (20 PTS)
Q4 1:30
15.0%
29→14
