⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their 24, and outscored them 35-6 off them
- Made two threes to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 3:03 · CHA 19-17 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 10:00 · CHA 53-46 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 6:45 · CHA 64-49 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
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 35 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
