⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 25- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 28-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 0:06 · IND 62-74 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 8:36 · IND 4-11 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 10:33 · IND 21-29 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
