⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️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 nineteen- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 23-7 off them
- Went cold from three, six of 26
- Gave up second chances, nineteen 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Zydrunas Ilgauskas Backcourt
Q4 4:39 · CLE 90-96 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 6:11 · CLE 19-18 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 0:00 · CLE 30-35 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
