⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their sixteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mark Blount Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 3:48 · BOS 77-58 MIL
- Turnover
Raef LaFrentz Bad Pass. Stolen by Dan Gadzuric.
Q4 4:45 · BOS 93-87 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Desmond Mason Bad Pass
Q4 4:41 · BOS 93-87 MIL
- Missed FT
Dan Gadzuric missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 4:13 · BOS 95-88 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
