⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 14-2 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 4:13 · MIL 14-17 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q2 1:35 · MIL 55-47 BOS
- Winner
Khris Middleton hit a 27-foot three jumper, Malcolm Brogdon with the assist
Q4 0:32 · MIL 98-95 BOS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Giannis Antetokounmpo lost ball turnover
Q4 2:20 · MIL 89-90 BOS
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:03 · MIL 98-97 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 6:38 · MIL 6-17 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 8:16 · MIL 85-83 BOS
- Ties it
Al Horford hit a 29-foot three jumper, Kyrie Irving with the assist
Q4 0:54 · MIL 95-95 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 14 | Threes made | 14 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
