⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their twenty- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 25
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q2 2:28 · MIL 56-54 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q4 10:26 · MIL 73-82 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Garnett misses technical free throw
Q2 7:07 · MIL 41-44 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 7 | Blocks | 11 |
