⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 29-20 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 30
- Lost the glass, 10 rebounds to 21
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 11:21 · MIL 36-26 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 9:48 · MIL 82-89 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 7:09 · MIL 40-39 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 5:56 · MIL 87-106 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 34 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
