⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eighteen turnovers to their 26, and were outscored 33-20 off them- A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀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
Double technical foul - Jason Smith and O.J. Mayo
Q3 0:32 · NY 65-79 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 2:48 · NY 19-25 MIL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 9 down to 5 up
Q2 2:14 · NY 49-54 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 9:44 · NY 51-69 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 17 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
