⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 37
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
- Turnover
Semi Ojeleye bad pass
Q4 2:42 · BOS 81-77 MIL
- Missed FT
Jaylen Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:23 · BOS 81-77 MIL
- Missed FT
Al Horford misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:24 · BOS 86-82 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 8:55 · BOS 58-52 MIL
- Steal
Shabazz Muhammad stole it from Semi Ojeleye
Q4 2:42 · BOS 81-77 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q4 0:25 · BOS 91-87 MIL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Eric Bledsoe flagrant foul type 1
Q3 9:33 · BOS 52-39 MIL
- Turnover
Shabazz Muhammad out of bounds bad pass turnover
Q4 2:40 · BOS 81-77 MIL
- Missed FT
Khris Middleton misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 1:43 · BOS 84-79 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 7 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Steals | 11 |
| 21 | Blocks | 23 |
