⏱️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, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their 26- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 2:47 · MIL 55-43 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 3:38 · MIL 82-60 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Redd missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:25 · MIL 106-99 MIA
- Missed FT
Toni Kukoc missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:11 · MIL 106-99 MIA
- Missed FT
Keith Van Horn missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:04 · MIL 108-102 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 5:58 · MIL 95-85 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
