⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
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 took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:49 · CLE 10-16 MIL
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 25
Q2 11:04 · CLE 26-51 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 37
Q4 3:31 · CLE 84-121 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 6 | Threes made | 10 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 32 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 2 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
