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player impact and winning groups

Player, pair, and lineup impact measured from every NBA possession.

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ATL logo
ATL
vs
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NYK
2-2
series tied · 4 games
Game 1 · 2026-04-19Game 2 · 2026-04-21Game 3 · 2026-04-24Game 4 · 2026-04-26

Lineup dependency · series WP change by starters on court

Aggregated across all 4 games. Starter 5 = most-played 5-man unit for each team across the series.

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ATL822 poss
All 5 starters
265p
-69.4%
4 of 5 starters
184p
-16.8%
3 of 5 starters
210p
+20.4%
Bench-heavy (≤2 starters)
163p
-3.2%
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NYK822 poss
All 5 starters
280p
-22.5%
4 of 5 starters
213p
+76.6%
3 of 5 starters
159p
+2.8%
Bench-heavy (≤2 starters)
170p
+12.1%
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ATL · series WPA leaders

Bar length = season role profile (wins added per role). The big number is this player's series WPA.

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Corey Kispert
97p+4.0%
Scoring 0%
Playmaking 71%
Rebounding 1%
Defense 29%
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Keaton Wallace
13p+0.0%
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Asa Newell
13p+0.0%
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Mouhamed Gueye
170p-0.7%
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Zaccharie Risacher
27p-2.3%
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NYK · series WPA leaders

Bar length = season role profile (wins added per role). The big number is this player's series WPA.

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Karl-Anthony Towns
559p+19.3%
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Josh Hart
653p+17.3%
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Miles McBride
339p+13.1%
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Jalen Brunson
630p+8.8%
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OG Anunoby
669p+7.5%

Top pairs · series net WP swing

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Karl-Anthony Towns + Josh Hart509p
+9.5%
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Josh Hart + Miles McBride209p
+8.8%
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Karl-Anthony Towns + Miles McBride142p
+8.4%
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Karl-Anthony Towns + OG Anunoby463p
+8.0%
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Jalen Brunson + Miles McBride234p
+7.2%

Top 5-man units · series net WP swing

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Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Miles McBride
75 poss
+68.3%
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Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Onyeka Okongwu · Jonathan Kuminga · Jalen Johnson · CJ McCollum
72 poss
+32.0%
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Tony Bradley · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Jonathan Kuminga · Corey Kispert · CJ McCollum
25 poss
+20.5%

Playoff role shift · top series players vs regular season

For each team's top series performer, the change in role shape playoffs vs full regular season — where the playoffs forced new responsibilities.

Corey Kispert97p in series
Series WPA / 100+0.04
Karl-Anthony Towns559p in series
Series WPA / 100+0.03