⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the second quarter- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 40
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q3 2:13 · CLE 70-79 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 7:43 · CLE 31-39 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q2 2:05 · CLE 39-53 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 57% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 16 | Assists | 24 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
