⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 20-12 off them
- A 18-0 run took them from 3 down to 15 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.
Rockets
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run took them from 3 down to 15 up
Q2 7:24 · HOU 47-32 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q4 6:37 · HOU 98-79 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Nene and Greg Monroe
Q3 0:03 · HOU 79-65 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 12 | Blocks | 8 |
