⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 45 rebounds to 20- Ran them off the floor, 24 fast break points to 6
- Kept giving it away, 25 turnovers to their eighteen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 5:37 · MIL 45-44 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q3 0:00 · MIL 88-72 MIA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 6:01 · MIL 101-82 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 29 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 16 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
