⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 24-15 off them
- Lost the glass, 42 rebounds to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q2 0:28 · WSH 36-53 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 2:53 · WSH 50-72 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 2 | Threes made | 9 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 17 | Assists | 24 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
