⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- They went cold, two of thirteen from three
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 56
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 2:06 · LAL 77-92 MIL
- Technical
Kobe Bryant technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 2:06 · LAL 77-92 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q4 6:48 · LAL 72-85 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q4 2:15 · LAL 77-98 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 57% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 31 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
