⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 23 from three- Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 43
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q4 3:28 · BKN 80-85 MIL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
DeShawn Stevenson flagrant foul type 1 (Shaun Livingston draws the foul)
Q4 7:54 · BKN 62-74 MIL
- Technical
Kris Humphries technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:37 · BKN 69-79 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 21 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
