⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 23, and outscored them 30-13 off them
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 17-point deficit to 9
Q2 8:29 · NY 28-37 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 11:06 · NY 17-35 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 5:01 · NY 35-49 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
