⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-9 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 29
Q4 8:15 · MIL 97-68 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 7:24 · MIL 7-9 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ricky Davis Technical Foul
Q4 5:05 · MIL 99-71 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 9 | Blocks | 4 |
