⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 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
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 28 from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their four, and outscored them 13-3 off them
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 15
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 6:20 · CHA 10-21 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q2 7:16 · CHA 40-62 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Mirza Teletovic technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:50 · CHA 35-52 MIL
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 62% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 25 | Assists | 31 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 1 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
