⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
-14Q119-29
+2Q223-23
+3Q325-24
+5Q429-28
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 54 free throws to their 22- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 28-6 off them
Key battles
28Points off turnovers6
17Free throws made44
10Fast break points3
63%Three-point accuracy30%
🏀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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 7:52 · MIL 4-16 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Steve Nash misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:10 · MIL 96-104 PHX
📊The numbers
| MIL | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 63% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 44 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
