⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 33 in the third quarter- Lost the glass, 9 rebounds to 20
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q1 4:22 · MIL 8-21 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 33
Q3 10:18 · MIL 33-66 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 2 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
