⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 32- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 4:56 · BOS 23-15 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 8:31 · BOS 40-30 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:16 · BOS 101-82 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Eric Bledsoe technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:32 · BOS 25-17 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 4 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 14 | Steals | 15 |
| 23 | Blocks | 20 |