⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the third quarter
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 8:17 · BOS 67-60 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kevin Garnett and Larry Sanders
Q2 6:22 · BOS 31-37 MIL
- Turnover
Rajon Rondo bad pass
Q4 1:23 · BOS 98-90 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- Steal
Mike Dunleavy stole it from Rajon Rondo
Q4 1:23 · BOS 98-90 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 2
Q4 2:21 · BOS 98-96 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Dunleavy technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:12 · BOS 95-83 MIL
- Missed FT
Ersan Ilyasova misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:56 · BOS 98-93 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
