⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 7:56 · MIL 66-66 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 9 down to 7 up
Q2 7:11 · MIL 44-51 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q4 8:25 · MIL 93-106 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
