⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the third 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 took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q3 5:26 · MIL 51-43 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Michael Redd offensive foul (Kirk Hinrich draws the foul)
Q4 0:33 · MIL 75-70 CHI
- Turnover
Michael Redd turnover
Q4 0:33 · MIL 75-70 CHI
- Missed FT
Charlie Bell misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · MIL 76-70 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 1:09 · MIL 20-25 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 7:43 · MIL 21-33 CHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ben Gordon traveling
Q4 2:44 · MIL 75-68 CHI
📊The numbers
| MIL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 69 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
