⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their five
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 25-16 off them
Key battles
📊The numbers
| NO | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 13 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |









