⏱️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 fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their nineteen- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 3:47 · BOS 45-40 MIL
- Steal
Kendrick Perkins stole it from Andrew Bogut
Q4 2:54 · BOS 91-86 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kendrick Perkins misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:07 · BOS 88-86 MIL
- Turnover
Ray Allen turnover
Q4 3:09 · BOS 91-86 MIL
- Turnover
Kendrick Perkins turnover
Q4 1:31 · BOS 96-89 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Brandon Jennings double dribble
Q4 3:50 · BOS 89-86 MIL
- Turnover
Andrew Bogut bad pass
Q4 2:54 · BOS 91-86 MIL
- Missed FT
Ersan Ilyasova misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:47 · BOS 96-89 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
