⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 7:43 · WSH 78-96 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse Technical Foul
Q3 5:13 · WSH 58-72 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 10:48 · WSH 50-69 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 27
Q3 1:47 · WSH 62-89 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
