⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 26-18 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 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.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 3:00 · BOS 46-42 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q3 9:37 · BOS 60-49 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 2:20 · BOS 78-57 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Paul Pierce double technical foul
Q3 2:34 · BOS 68-57 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
