⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen
Made four threes to their ten
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
- Ties it
Andrew Bogut hit a layup
Q4 0:20 · MIL 95-95 LAL
- Lead
Andrew Bogut hit a free throw 1 of 2
OT 4:31 · MIL 96-95 LAL
- Go-ahead
Luke Ridnour hit a 17-foot jumper
OT 3:26 · MIL 99-98 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Luke Ridnour offensive foul (Derek Fisher draws the foul)
Q4 2:00 · MIL 93-93 LAL
- Turnover
Luke Ridnour turnover
Q4 2:00 · MIL 93-93 LAL
- Missed FT
Andrew Bogut misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:20 · MIL 95-95 LAL

Lakers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 6:31 · MIL 61-68 LAL
- Lead
Derek Fisher hit a 17-foot jumper, Kobe Bryant with the assist
Q4 0:31 · MIL 93-95 LAL
- Go-ahead
Ron Artest hit a 28-foot three jumper, Andrew Bynum with the assist
OT 4:13 · MIL 97-98 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Ron Artest technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:38 · MIL 44-43 LAL
- Technical
Lamar Odom technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:30 · MIL 66-74 LAL
- Turnover
Kobe Bryant lost ball
Q4 2:40 · MIL 93-91 LAL
📊The numbers
| MIL | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 10 | Threes made | 4 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |












