⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 23 from three- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their ten
- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 23-12 off them
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9 in the second quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 9
Q2 10:02 · MIL 26-35 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses technical free throw
Q2 3:51 · MIL 29-43 BKN
- Missed FT
T.J. Ford misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q2 0:37 · MIL 40-49 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:18 · MIL 4-8 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 4:03 · MIL 11-23 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 8:49 · MIL 48-64 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Jefferson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:51 · MIL 29-43 BKN
📊The numbers
| MIL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
