⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 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 thirteen threes to their seven
A 13-0 run dragged them back level 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.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Terry Rozier and Thon Maker
Q4 3:30 · BOS 112-97 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 10:25 · BOS 35-35 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q4 7:02 · BOS 105-95 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Bledsoe technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 3:18 · BOS 23-17 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 13 | Threes made | 7 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 6 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 5 | Steals | 15 |
| 16 | Blocks | 19 |
