⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 22-8 off them
- Lost the glass, 29 rebounds to 43
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 cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q2 8:18 · BOS 34-41 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 4:54 · BOS 46-48 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 26 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
