⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 41 free throws to their seventeen- 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.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:51 · MIL 24-22 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q4 10:33 · MIL 72-68 DAL
- Go-ahead
Michael Redd hit a 23-foot three jumper, Mo Williams with the assist
Q4 2:49 · MIL 84-82 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:58 · MIL 89-87 DAL
- Missed FT
Yi Jianlian misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · MIL 92-87 DAL
- Missed FT
Michael Redd misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:26 · MIL 92-90 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q2 5:50 · MIL 32-36 DAL
- Go-ahead
Jason Terry hit a 24-foot three jumper, Devin Harris with the assist
Q4 2:31 · MIL 84-85 DAL
- Go-ahead
Josh Howard hit a 15-foot jumper
Q4 1:50 · MIL 86-87 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Dirk Nowitzki misses technical free throw
Q2 4:26 · MIL 32-36 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 23 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
