⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Lived at the line, 23 free throws to their thirteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jackie Butler misses technical free throw
Q4 4:13 · NY 84-104 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q2 5:45 · NY 38-53 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 24
Q4 8:34 · NY 84-108 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
