⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their one- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 29-7 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 39 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, three free throws to their twenty
- Gave up second chances, 21 offensive rebounds to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 24
Q3 5:55 · MIL 77-53 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 39
Q4 9:34 · MIL 102-63 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 16 | Threes made | 1 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 8% |
| 3 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 33 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
