⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 42
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 30
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.
Spurs
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q2 8:17 · MIL 40-52 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 8:56 · MIL 84-106 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 23 | Assists | 32 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
