⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 22 from three
- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine, and were outscored 25-14 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q3 3:32 · MIL 61-73 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 8:26 · MIL 10-12 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 0:30 · MIL 22-35 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 7:03 · MIL 53-73 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 12 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
