⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:46 · BOS 20-14 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:34 · BOS 85-88 MIL
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 3 of 3
Q4 0:13 · BOS 86-88 MIL
- Missed FT
Paul Pierce misses free throw 1 of 3
Q4 0:13 · BOS 85-88 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses technical free throw
Q2 4:56 · BOS 39-30 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 3 |
