⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 20-10 off them
- A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 1:46 · BOS 55-56 MIL
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 21
Q4 5:37 · BOS 111-90 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 3:04 · BOS 21-33 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 5:43 · BOS 39-52 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Rashad Vaughn misses technical free throw
Q4 3:15 · BOS 106-90 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 9 |
