⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 74 points inside to 42- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the first quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15 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.
Suns
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 15
Q2 7:13 · PHX 45-60 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 10:12 · PHX 7-11 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q1 3:36 · PHX 18-41 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 63% |
| 11 | Threes made | 7 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 74 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 11 |
