⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 30- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q2 6:37 · MIL 26-45 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 7:30 · MIL 51-70 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 31 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
