⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 34- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 47
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q1 1:20 · CLE 27-23 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 2:46 · CLE 62-80 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
