⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 25-11 off them
- Owned the paint, 36 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.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 10:33 · MIL 39-21 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q2 7:33 · MIL 39-31 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q2 0:50 · MIL 53-50 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 21 | Assists | 18 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 16 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
