⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 26- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 20-8 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:48 · MIL 56-52 SA
- Technical
Mo Williams technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q3 8:48 · MIL 56-52 SA
- Turnover
Shot clock violation
Q4 3:50 · MIL 92-85 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 11:03 · MIL 54-52 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:18 · MIL 92-85 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:18 · MIL 92-85 SA
- Missed FT
Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:38 · MIL 92-85 SA
📊The numbers
| MIL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
