⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 38
- Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 26
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 17-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 5:03 · CHA 47-32 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q3 6:41 · CHA 69-53 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gerald Henderson misses technical free throw
Q2 1:14 · CHA 47-39 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Larry Sanders technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 9:17 · CHA 30-24 MIL
- Technical
Larry Drew technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:14 · CHA 45-32 MIL
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 68 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
