⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 25
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 11:26 · MIL 69-79 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 6:56 · MIL 76-90 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
