⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 36
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 10
Q3 3:34 · BKN 75-85 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 0:40 · BKN 23-42 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 8:18 · BKN 81-96 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 1 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 9 | Steals | 13 |
| 19 | Blocks | 16 |
