⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of thirteen from three- Gave up second chances, 22 offensive rebounds to their fourteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 11:04 · MIL 35-23 MIA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 22
Q2 4:54 · MIL 51-29 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brian Skinner missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 3:33 · MIL 93-85 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q4 9:40 · MIL 85-77 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
