⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 16 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, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 36
- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their five, and outscored them 28-5 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 11:23 · BOS 10-1 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q2 4:22 · BOS 40-58 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:31 · BOS 27-46 MIL
- Technical
Jaylen Brown technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:43 · BOS 82-97 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 9:01 · BOS 11-19 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q2 6:47 · BOS 32-58 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 3:35 · BOS 78-93 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 16 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 3 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
