⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of sixteen from three- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen
- Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 52
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 7:35 · BOS 16-4 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q2 5:52 · BOS 58-41 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:43 · BOS 93-88 MIL
- Turnover
Gerald Wallace lost ball turnover
Q4 0:33 · BOS 98-99 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 16
Q3 6:03 · BOS 80-64 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q4 9:11 · BOS 90-86 MIL
- Steal
Caron Butler stole it from Gerald Wallace
Q4 0:33 · BOS 98-99 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 13 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 7 |
