⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 5:16 · MIL 69-73 HOU
Bad plays
- Turnover
Khris Middleton lost ball turnover
Q4 1:39 · MIL 97-104 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 7:45 · MIL 11-18 HOU
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 8:44 · MIL 31-40 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q3 1:59 · MIL 73-85 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 14 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 3 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Steals | 16 |
| 22 | Blocks | 21 |
