⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 16-6 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 34
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 7:37 · WSH 17-8 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 4:54 · WSH 84-70 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 10:15 · WSH 97-76 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 1:43 · WSH 27-26 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 63% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
