⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of seventeen from three- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 40
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
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses technical free throw
Q3 7:26 · MIL 56-59 LAL
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:11 · MIL 110-103 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 4:13 · MIL 12-22 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:26 · MIL 56-59 LAL
- Missed FT
Andrew Bynum misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:48 · MIL 91-86 LAL
- Technical
Andrew Bynum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:48 · MIL 90-86 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 35 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 27 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
