⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 10
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q1 4:03 · BOS 20-25 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 2:48 · BOS 53-43 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kendrick Perkins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:35 · BOS 73-67 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 3:32 · BOS 97-87 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 28 | Assists | 17 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 13 | Steals | 8 |
| 11 | Blocks | 2 |
