⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 12-2 off them
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
Andrew Bogut misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:54 · MIL 74-78 HOU
- Turnover
Andrew Bogut bad pass
Q4 1:47 · MIL 74-81 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 3:19 · MIL 16-19 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 0:01 · MIL 37-48 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 2:41 · MIL 74-87 HOU
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses technical free throw
Q4 6:48 · MIL 70-72 HOU
- Missed FT
Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:03 · MIL 74-80 HOU
- Missed FT
Shane Battier misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:30 · MIL 80-88 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 68 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
