⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. 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, 11 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fifteen
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 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.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q2 3:43 · CHA 54-50 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q2 0:34 · CHA 62-67 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 3
Q4 2:28 · CHA 124-121 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Malcolm Brogdon misses technical free throw
Q2 8:20 · CHA 32-42 MIL
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 19 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 3 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 11 | Steals | 14 |
| 18 | Blocks | 25 |
