⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 20-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q1 5:20 · NY 24-9 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 8:07 · NY 64-57 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 3:01 · NY 88-103 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
