⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs fell 17 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
0Q117-20
+6Q232-27
+11Q334-27
-16Q419-31
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their 21- Made four threes to their eleven
- They shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three
Key battles
65%Three-point accuracy29%
11Threes made4
15Free throws made25
24Assists15
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Danny Ferry Technical Foul
Q3 2:53 · MIL 75-71 SA
📊The numbers
| MIL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 4 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 24 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
