⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 59 rebounds to 40
- Owned the paint, 72 points inside to 38
- A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, seventeen 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 19
Q1 7:11 · MIL 26-7 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q2 0:28 · MIL 77-52 POR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 36-point lead to 45
Q4 6:11 · MIL 134-89 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Sterling Brown and Zach Collins
Q4 9:53 · MIL 113-81 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q1 3:35 · MIL 26-15 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 70 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 13 |
| 72 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
