⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 24
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
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas lost ball
Q4 2:53 · MIL 81-88 BOS
- Flagrant
Kurt Thomas flagrant foul type 1 (Glen Davis draws the foul)
Q4 2:34 · MIL 81-88 BOS
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse double technical foul
Q4 2:21 · MIL 82-90 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- Steal
Tony Allen stole it from Kurt Thomas
Q4 2:53 · MIL 81-88 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Glen Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:34 · MIL 81-88 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 15 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
