⏱️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 fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their five, and were outscored 17-9 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 took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:31 · MIL 44-43 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 8:15 · MIL 102-93 DAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Toni Kukoc Bad Pass. Stolen by Dirk Nowitzki.
Q4 2:40 · MIL 112-105 DAL
- Missed FT
Toni Kukoc missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:06 · MIL 112-107 DAL
- Turnover
Ray Allen Bad Pass. Stolen by Walt Williams.
Q4 1:00 · MIL 115-109 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q3 5:43 · MIL 70-78 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
