Dunks & Threes: Pro Basketball Analysis

All Games Saturday, February 22, 2025

Final			W-Prob	pScore		ORTG	#Poss	Pace
	8	Lakers	33%	114	123	125.5	98	90.1
	4	Nuggets	67%	121	100	104.2	96	105.2

Scoring Opportunities

LAL

+12

-8

102

DEN

+21

-20

Base

ORB

TOV

Scoring Efficiency

LAL

1.21 60.3%

DEN

1.03 51.5%

Points per Opportunity/ True Shooting %

8 Los Angeles Lakers

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Rui Hachimura #28 · SF · 6'8" 230 · 27	35.8	21	75%	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3-4	75%	3-3	100%	4-9	44%
LeBron James #23 · PF · 6'9" 250 · 40	33.0	25	63%	9	5	1	3	1	2	2	7	2-3	67%	10-15	67%	1-4	25%
Austin Reaves #15 · SG · 6'5" 197 · 27	33.0	23	72%	4	7	0	1	2	3	1	3	5-6	83%	3-6	50%	4-7	57%
Luka Dončić #77 · PG · 6'8" 230 · 26	30.6	32	62%	10	7	4	1	1	0	1	9	8-8	100%	6-13	46%	4-9	44%
Jaxson Hayes #11 · C · 7'0" 220 · 25	24.6	4	67%	4	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	0-0	-	2-3	67%	0-0	-

Dorian Finney-Smith #17 · PF · 6'7" 220 · 32	26.5	3	30%	4	0	2	0	1	2	1	3	0-0	-	0-1	0%	1-4	25%
Gabe Vincent #7 · PG · 6'2" 200 · 29	19.4	3	38%	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-4	25%
Jordan Goodwin #30 · PG · 6'3" 215 · 26	11.4	5	83%	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	-	1-1	100%	1-2	50%
Dalton Knecht #4 · SF · 6'6" 215 · 24	9.1	4	50%	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2-2	100%	1-1	100%	0-2	0%
Jarred Vanderbilt #2 · PF · 6'8" 214 · 26	6.5	1	0%	1	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	1-2	50%	0-0	-	0-0	-
Trey Jemison III #55 · C · 6'10" 270 · 25	3.3	2	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	-	1-2	50%	0-0	-
Alex Len #27 · C · 7'0" 250 · 32	3.3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
Shake Milton #20 · SG · 6'5" 205 · 28	3.3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
Cam Reddish #5 · SF · 6'8" 208 · 25	DNP – Coach's Decision
Markieff Morris #88 · PF · 6'10" 245 · 35	DNP – Coach's Decision
Christian Koloko #10 · C · 6'11" 225 · 25	INACTIVE
Bronny James #9 · SG · 6'2" 210 · 20	Inactive - G League - On Assignment
Maxi Kleber #14 · PF · 6'10" 240 · 33	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Foot; Surgery Recovery
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	123	60%	39	27	15	9	8	20	9	30	21-25	84%	27-45	60%	16-41	39%

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8 Los Angeles Lakers

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Rui Hachimura #28 · SF · 6'8" 230 · 27	35.8	21	75%	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3-4	75%	3-3	100%	4-9	44%
LeBron James #23 · PF · 6'9" 250 · 40	33.0	25	63%	9	5	1	3	1	2	2	7	2-3	67%	10-15	67%	1-4	25%
Austin Reaves #15 · SG · 6'5" 197 · 27	33.0	23	72%	4	7	0	1	2	3	1	3	5-6	83%	3-6	50%	4-7	57%
Luka Dončić #77 · PG · 6'8" 230 · 26	30.6	32	62%	10	7	4	1	1	0	1	9	8-8	100%	6-13	46%	4-9	44%
Jaxson Hayes #11 · C · 7'0" 220 · 25	24.6	4	67%	4	1	1	1	1	3	1	3	0-0	-	2-3	67%	0-0	-

Dorian Finney-Smith #17 · PF · 6'7" 220 · 32	26.5	3	30%	4	0	2	0	1	2	1	3	0-0	-	0-1	0%	1-4	25%
Gabe Vincent #7 · PG · 6'2" 200 · 29	19.4	3	38%	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-4	25%
Jordan Goodwin #30 · PG · 6'3" 215 · 26	11.4	5	83%	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	-	1-1	100%	1-2	50%
Dalton Knecht #4 · SF · 6'6" 215 · 24	9.1	4	50%	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2-2	100%	1-1	100%	0-2	0%
Jarred Vanderbilt #2 · PF · 6'8" 214 · 26	6.5	1	0%	1	2	2	0	0	5	1	0	1-2	50%	0-0	-	0-0	-
Trey Jemison III #55 · C · 6'10" 270 · 25	3.3	2	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	-	1-2	50%	0-0	-
Alex Len #27 · C · 7'0" 250 · 32	3.3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
Shake Milton #20 · SG · 6'5" 205 · 28	3.3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
Cam Reddish #5 · SF · 6'8" 208 · 25	DNP – Coach's Decision
Markieff Morris #88 · PF · 6'10" 245 · 35	DNP – Coach's Decision
Christian Koloko #10 · C · 6'11" 225 · 25	INACTIVE
Bronny James #9 · SG · 6'2" 210 · 20	Inactive - G League - On Assignment
Maxi Kleber #14 · PF · 6'10" 240 · 33	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Foot; Surgery Recovery
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	123	60%	39	27	15	9	8	20	9	30	21-25	84%	27-45	60%	16-41	39%

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4 Denver Nuggets

PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
Jamal Murray #27 · PG · 6'4" 215 · 28	36.5	19	73%	3	6	2	0	5	2	0	3	1-1	100%	0-2	0%	6-11	55%
Aaron Gordon #32 · PF · 6'8" 235 · 29	35.3	24	75%	5	4	0	0	1	1	0	5	2-2	100%	5-8	63%	4-7	57%
Nikola Jokić #15 · C · 6'11" 284 · 30	35.2	12	50%	13	10	1	0	6	3	4	9	8-10	80%	2-6	33%	0-1	0%
Michael Porter Jr. #1 · SF · 6'10" 218 · 27	30.2	13	43%	8	1	1	0	1	3	1	7	2-2	100%	4-10	40%	1-4	25%
Christian Braun #0 · SG · 6'6" 220 · 24	29.0	10	56%	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	3-4	75%	2-4	50%	1-3	33%

Russell Westbrook #4 · PG · 6'4" 200 · 36	24.2	17	47%	4	1	0	0	4	1	3	1	0-2	0%	4-10	40%	3-7	43%
Zeke Nnaji #22 · PF · 6'10" 240 · 24	14.2	0	0%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	-	0-1	0%	0-0	-
Julian Strawther #3 · SG · 6'6" 205 · 23	11.9	2	25%	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0-0	-	1-1	100%	0-3	0%
Hunter Tyson #5 · PF · 6'8" 215 · 25	7.8	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-2	0%
Jalen Pickett #24 · SG · 6'2" 202 · 25	4.3	3	75%	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	-	0-0	-	1-2	50%
PJ Hall #13 · C · 6'8" 245 · 23	4.3	0	0%	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0-0	-	0-1	0%	0-1	0%
DeAndre Jordan #6 · C · 6'11" 265 · 37	4.1	0	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	-	0-0	-	0-0	-
Spencer Jones #21 · SF · 6'7" 225 · 24	3.3	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	-	0-1	0%	0-0	-
Dario Šarić #9 · C · 6'10" 225 · 31	DNP – Coach's Decision
Trey Alexander #23 · SG · 6'5" 185 · 22	Inactive - G League - Two-Way
DaRon Holmes II #14 · PF · 6'9" 225 · 23	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Achilles Tendon; Repair
Vlatko Čančar #31 · PF · 6'9" 215 · 28	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Left Knee; Surgery Rehabilitation
Peyton Watson #8 · SF · 6'8" 200 · 22	Inactive - Injury/Illness \| Right Knee; Sprain
PLAYER	MIN	PTS	TS%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	FT	FT%	2P	2P%	3P	3P%
TOTAL	240	100	52%	45	28	6	1	20	18	12	33	16-21	76%	18-44	41%	16-41	39%

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WIN PROBABILITY | PLAYS

Win Probability

Scoring Margin

Play-by-Play

			Score / W-Prob
Clock	Team	Event	LAL	DEN
Clock	Team	Event	LAL	DEN

SHOOTING

Scoring Efficiency

LAL

1.21 60.3%

DEN

1.03 51.5%

Points per Opportunity/ True Shooting %

Scoring by Shot Type

At the Rim (within 5 feet)

LAL

70%

DEN

50%

Midrange

LAL

40%

DEN

30%

3PT | Effective 3PT

LAL

24.0

39%

59%

DEN

24.0

39%

59%

Free Throws

LAL

84%

DEN

76%

Makes

Effective 3P Makes

Efficiency

Misses

Bars scaled to point value.

Total Points

Lakers

PLAYER	PTS	TS%	TSM / TSA
L. Dončić	32	62%	16.0 / 26
L. James	25	63%	12.5 / 20
A. Reaves	23	72%	11.5 / 16
R. Hachimura	21	75%	10.5 / 14
J. Goodwin	5	83%	2.5 / 3
J. Hayes	4	67%	2.0 / 3
D. Knecht	4	50%	2.0 / 4
D. Finney-Smith	3	30%	1.5 / 5
G. Vincent	3	38%	1.5 / 4
T. Jemison	2	50%	1.0 / 2
J. Vanderbilt	1	-	0.0 / 0

TS Makes

TS Misses

Total Points

Nuggets

PLAYER	PTS	TS%	TSM / TSA
A. Gordon	24	75%	12.0 / 16
J. Murray	19	73%	9.5 / 13
R. Westbrook	17	47%	8.5 / 18
M. Porter	13	43%	6.5 / 15
N. Jokić	12	50%	6.0 / 12
C. Braun	10	56%	5.0 / 9
J. Pickett	3	75%	1.5 / 2
J. Strawther	2	25%	1.0 / 4
Z. Nnaji	0	-	0.0 / 1
H. Tyson	0	-	0.0 / 2
P. Hall	0	-	0.0 / 2
S. Jones	0	-	0.0 / 1

TS Makes

TS Misses

MATCHUP

Reg Season Avg		Game Stats
Efficiency & Pace		This Game
Efficiency	11 114.9 4 118.9	LAL 125.5 +21.3 DEN 104.2
Pace	20 98.4 8 100.6	LAL 90.1 DEN 105.2 +15.2
Avg. Poss. Time	7 15.0 22 14.2	LAL 16.0 DEN 13.7 −2.3
Four Factors		This Game
EFG %	8 55.7% 2 57.3%	LAL 59.3% +9.9% DEN 49.4%
TO %	14 13.3% 15 13.3%	LAL 8.5% −10.4% DEN 18.9%
ORB %	24 23.3% 7 26.7%	LAL 21.4% DEN 28.6% +7.2%
FTrt	1 27.1 5 25.9	LAL 29.1 +4.4 DEN 24.7
Misc. Stats		This Game
AST %	14 63.5% 4 68.3%	LAL 62.8% DEN 82.4% +19.6%
STL %	21 7.8% 19 7.9%	LAL 15.3% +9.0% DEN 6.3%
BLK %	24 8.7% 21 9.0%	LAL 20.5% +18.3% DEN 2.2%

Season averages charted by z-score with a range of -2 and 2.

Reg Season Avg		Game Stats
Shooting Efficiency		This Game
TS%	8 57.6% 2 58.8%	LAL 60.3% +8.8% DEN 51.5%
Rim FG%	1 68.0% 7 66.2%	LAL 70.0% +20.0% DEN 50.0%
Mid FG%	18 42.1% 8 45.5%	LAL 40.0% +10.0% DEN 30.0%
3P %	14 36.6% 5 37.6%	LAL 39.0% DEN 39.0%
FT %	13 78.5% 23 77.0%	LAL 84.0% +7.8% DEN 76.2%
Shot Distribution		This Game
Rim Att. %	18 31.4% 1 38.3%	LAL 34.9% +6.6% DEN 28.2%
Mid Att. %	12 26.1% 13 26.1%	LAL 17.4% −6.1% DEN 23.5%
3P Att. %	13 42.5% 30 35.6%	LAL 47.7% DEN 48.2% +0.6%

Season averages charted by z-score with a range of -2.05 and 2.05.

Game Totals	LAL	DEN
Possessions	98	96
Possession Minutes	26.1	21.9
Points	123	100
Rebounds	39	45
Assists	27	28
Steals	15	6
Blocks	9	1
Turnovers (Team)	8 (1)	20 (2)
Fouls	20	18
Off. Rebounds (Team)	9 (3)	12 (9)
Def. Rebounds (Team)	30 (1)	33 (1)
Field Goals	43-86	34-85
At-the-Rim FG	21-30	12-24
Midrange FG	6-15	6-20
2-Point FG	27-45	18-44
3-Point FG	16-41	16-41
Free Throws	21-25	16-21
Fast Break Pts	33	9
2nd Chance Pts	10	14
Points in Paint	52	30
Pts off Turnovers	39	11
Bench Points	18	22
Biggest Lead	26	0

Scoring Opportunities

Scoring Efficiency

WIN PROBABILITY | PLAYS

Win Probability

Scoring Margin

Play-by-Play

SHOOTING

Scoring Efficiency

Scoring by Shot Type

Total Points

Total Points

MATCHUP

Reg Season Avg

Reg Season Avg