⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their eighteen- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the third quarter
- Made four threes to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q4 9:15 · NY 73-80 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 8:12 · NY 7-16 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q3 11:15 · NY 45-61 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Richard Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · NY 83-90 MIL
- Missed FT
Andrew Bogut misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · NY 86-93 MIL
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
