⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their eight- A 25-0 run took them from 5 down to 20 up in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
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
- 25-0 run
A 25-0 run took them from 5 down to 20 up
Q1 8:56 · MIL 32-12 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q4 9:20 · MIL 98-73 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Khris Middleton misses technical free throw
Q3 2:46 · MIL 77-62 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcus Morris technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:46 · MIL 77-62 BOS
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 16 | Threes made | 8 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 12 | Assists | 1 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 9 | Steals | 16 |
| 27 | Blocks | 15 |
