⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 27
- They shot well above their usual, nine of eighteen from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 4:05 · CLE 33-43 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q2 2:55 · CLE 41-46 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:38 · CLE 75-78 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyler Zeller turnover
Q4 4:03 · CLE 78-84 MIL
- Turnover
Kyrie Irving turnover
Q4 3:00 · CLE 80-84 MIL
- Turnover
Tyler Zeller bad pass
Q4 0:58 · CLE 82-87 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- Steal
Larry Sanders stole it from Tyler Zeller
Q4 0:58 · CLE 82-87 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Monta Ellis bad pass
Q4 2:05 · CLE 80-86 MIL
- Missed FT
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:21 · CLE 82-86 MIL
- Missed FT
Monta Ellis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · CLE 82-87 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 21 | Assists | 23 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 27 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 16 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
