⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 36 from three- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 35
- A 14-0 run took them from 7 down to 7 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 22-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:06 · CHA 78-84 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 7 down to 7 up
Q2 3:49 · CHA 45-52 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 6:11 · CHA 65-78 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 7:33 · CHA 81-102 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
