⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ IND better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Pacers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their ten- Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 24
- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 17-6 off them
A 12-0 run dragged them back level 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.
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q2 3:26 · IND 47-57 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:27 · IND 62-62 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 12
Q4 2:15 · IND 100-112 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 8:26 · IND 64-74 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 4:30 · IND 69-83 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 4:39 · IND 88-106 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| IND | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
