⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 30-11 off them
- A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 11:07 · MIL 37-27 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 17
Q2 2:17 · MIL 61-44 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
