⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 20-11 off them- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to five
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 4-point lead to 13
Q4 7:09 · MIL 93-80 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Sam Cassell missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 2:56 · MIL 68-69 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 2:43 · MIL 18-30 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
