⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made eight threes to their two- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 23
- Beaten inside, 30 points in the paint to 48
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 9:52 · BOS 34-20 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 8 | Threes made | 2 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 17 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
