⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 35- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 27-16 off them
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 6:16 · MIL 18-10 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 2:29 · MIL 33-18 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 5:18 · MIL 96-77 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 11:33 · MIL 67-50 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q1 2:53 · MIL 24-16 WSH
- Technical
John Wall technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:57 · MIL 61-41 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
