⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 27-6 off them- Owned the paint, 42 points inside to 24
- A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 43
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 3:01 · MIL 27-19 HOU
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q3 6:07 · MIL 87-65 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q4 3:19 · MIL 120-103 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 38 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 18 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
