⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2 in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q3 7:31 · MIL 69-60 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 4:05 · MIL 81-64 NY
- Lead
Andrew Bogut hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:54 · MIL 96-95 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Andrew Bogut misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:54 · MIL 96-95 NY
- Turnover
Andrew Bogut offensive foul (Malik Rose draws the foul)
Q4 2:08 · MIL 96-97 NY
- Turnover
Andrew Bogut turnover
Q4 2:08 · MIL 96-97 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2
Q3 2:15 · MIL 81-79 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Malik Rose lost ball
Q4 4:01 · MIL 93-90 NY
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford lost ball
Q4 0:32 · MIL 96-99 NY
📊The numbers
| MIL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
