⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q4 11:18 · BOS 79-69 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:42 · BOS 98-93 MIL
- Missed FT
Jeff Green misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:21 · BOS 98-93 MIL
- Missed FT
Brandon Bass misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · BOS 103-96 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q1 5:07 · BOS 26-21 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
