⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q4 7:01 · MIL 86-98 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:28 · MIL 29-30 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 2:29 · MIL 44-54 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 24 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
