⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
0Q121-22
-3Q217-23
-4Q326-31
-2Q418-19
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 36
Key battles
9Threes made4
11Free throws made21
7Offensive rebounds14
36%Three-point accuracy25%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
J.R. Smith technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:37 · NY 45-52 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 4 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
