⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their twelve- Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 35
- A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Went cold from three, three of eighteen
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q3 3:57 · MIL 72-65 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 13
Q4 7:54 · MIL 90-77 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 8:27 · MIL 28-32 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
