⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-9 off them- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 16
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:37 · BKN 8-0 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:16 · BKN 12-12 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 4:00 · BKN 16-22 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 11:00 · BKN 45-62 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| 16 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
